THE Venezuelan military is preparing to mount a guerilla-type resistance should the US forces attack the country, given the arrival to the southern Caribbean Sea on Tuesday of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) – an aircraft carrier of the US Navy – which is the lead component in the carrier strike group (CSG).

A November 11 report in international news media outlet Reuters cited sources in Caracas who are familiar with preparations who indicated Venezuela's plan includes deploying weapons such as decades-old Russian-made equipment.

According to Reuters' sources, the guerilla-type tactics would involve small military units carrying out acts of sabotage at over 280 locations in a move the government calls "prolonged resistance."