The helicopters in Black Hawk Down (2001) were not CGI. The US Army provided actual Black Hawks and Little Birds for the production. Several of the pilots flying the choppers in the film were veterans of the real 1993 battle in Mogadishu.
I have been briefed on the Record Cold Wave and Historic Winter Storm that will be hitting much of the United States this weekend. The Trump Administration is coordinating with State and Local Officials. FEMA is fully prepared to respond. Stay Safe and Stay Warm! President DJT
@NASAKennedy Next steps? The team will prepare for a "wet dress rehearsal" to practice loading the rocket with propellants. After the wet dress rehearsal, the mission management team will assess the readiness of the systems and confirm a launch date. https://t.co/oIDOJHWC1h
Made it.
At 6:42pm ET on Jan. 17, the stacked Artemis II rocket and spacecraft reached Launch Pad 39B after a nearly 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at @NASAKennedy in Florida.
An insider from Venezuela’s security forces says US troops were like nothing they’d ever seen — overwhelming firepower, advanced tech, total dominance. After Trump’s Fox News warning on taking on the cartels, Latin America is watching how powerful US forces truly are. 🇺🇸🇻🇪”
⸻ the Spanish video has English captions if you want to read what the the Venezuelan soldier said about the Americans weaponry
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“From 20 soldiers and 8 helicopters to talk of ‘unseen’ weaponry — a Venezuelan security source says the U.S. raid changed everything. Now, after Trump’s Fox interview about going after cartels, the region’s fear of American military might is real. 🇺🇸⚔️”
🚨This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.
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I really DON'T CARE what the president of Mexico has to say. She's only in that position because she was INSTALLED. If they had a good president, you'd see Mexico not run by CARTELS!
🚨#BREAKING: Watch as reporters ask Donald Trump about comments he made weeks earlier, when he said Colombian President Gustavo Petro “better watch his ass,” noting that Petro has since said he isn’t concerned.
President Donald Trump responded by saying I stick by my statement. He does have to watch his ass.
Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion on Monday, December 15. @RealCandaceO and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams, and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversation. Thank you.
🚨#BREAKING THE U.S VENEZUELAN WAR 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 Shocking details have emerged from the secret phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held last week. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump warned Maduro to step down — or face U.S.
military force.
The revelation comes just days before Trump announced the closure of Venezuelan airspace, intensifying fears of an imminent regime-change mission and a potential U.S. invasion of Venezuela. Is a major conflict now unavoidable?
In an emergency phone conference between President Trump, and President Maduro Trump told
Madero the only way to stop an attack is to step down, and leave the country now.
Brazilian CNN News has reported that Venezuela‘s President Maduro is now preparing to step down, and leave the country. There are also reports that he is ALLEGEDLY fleeing to Tehran the Capital of Iran according to CNN Brazil News. There’s are no official statements from The White House at this time. Per Times of India