Military Firepower Analysis: Texas National Guard vs. Venezuelan Army

National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana). Photo courtesy of Defensa.

The ability of U.S. forces to infiltrate Venezuela and seize President Nicolás Maduro, the most heavily guarded man in the country, without a single U.S. casualty raises serious questions about the effectiveness of Venezuela’s armed forces.

The January 2026 operation, completed in under 24 hours with minimal resistance, confirmed long-standing assessments that Venezuela’s military suffers from degraded equipment...