Following the Trump administration’s successful capture of Nicolás Maduro, much has been written about the Venezuelan leader’s cooperation with China, from intelligence sharing to military access and technology transfers in the Western Hemisphere, and why the Trump administration was right to act against him. The country has built the second-largest economy in the world and is using that economic power to fund a military buildup that is faster and more sophisticated than anything we have seen before. Today it involves the theft and transmission of massive files, complete weapons manuals, and thousands of photographs of U.S. military equipment in use on American bases and ships, making it far easier for China to jump directly to production.
Author: Fred Fleitz
Published at: 2026-01-31 22:42:53
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