{"id":41528,"date":"2025-12-30T02:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=41528"},"modified":"2025-12-30T02:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:42:07","slug":"us-military-build-up-spotted-in-the-caribbean-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=41528","title":{"rendered":"US Military Build-Up Spotted in the Caribbean Amid Rising Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> Satellite imagery analysis reveals a significant increase in US military activity across five strategic bases and airports in the Caribbean region. This development comes amid escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis, conducted by DZWatch&#8217;s investigative unit, utilized satellite imagery, open-source intelligence from social media, and official data to map the extent of the US military build-up. These bases appear to be crucial to ongoing operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MacDill Air Force Base: Command Center Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Satellite images of MacDill Air Force Base, the headquarters of US Central Command, show a surge in aircraft presence. A comparison of images taken on August 16th and December 20th reveals a total of 32 aircraft present on the latter date.<\/p>\n<p>The imagery further indicates a concentration of KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft and two E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes at the base. DZWatch&#8217;s investigative team corroborated the satellite data with publicly available information on US military aircraft deployments.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, aerial photographs posted online by observers appear to confirm the concentration of aircraft, aligning with the satellite imagery.<\/p>\n<p>MacDill Air Force Base reportedly serves as a domestic support hub for &#8216;Southern Spear,&#8217; an operation linked to activities concerning Venezuela, according to US military statements. <\/p>\n<p>Washington initiated &#8216;Southern Spear&#8217; in November 2025, led by Joint Task Force and Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), with the stated goal of combating &#8216;narco-terrorists&#8217; and securing the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry E. Rohlsen Airport: Presence in Isolated Islands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Further analysis is underway regarding activity at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in the US Virgin Islands. DZWatch continues to monitor the situation and will provide updates as they become available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=41\">More Culture articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DZWatch Exclusive: Satellite imagery analysis reveals a significant increase in US military activity across five strategic bases and airports in the Caribbean region. This development comes amid escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.<br \/>\nThe analysis, con&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41530,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41528\/revisions\/41530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}