Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean.
They have some, but all relatively short ranged. The biggest threat to US ships would be Kh-31 supersonic cruise missiles launched by Venezuelan Su-30s, with a maximum range of 38-60 nautical miles (nmi)/70-110km. But I highly doubt that the Venezuelan air force gets off of the ground in the event of war. Even if they do do get off the ground, the SM-6 missile (launched from AEGIS equipped ships or F/A-18s) has a maximum range estimated in excess of 200 nmi/370km, and the AIM-120D (launched from F-35s, F-22s and F/A-18s, as well as other fighters) has an estimated maximum range of 90-100nmi/160-180km, and the AIM-120D-3 in excess of that. Venezuelan aircraft are far out ranged by US anti aircraft missiles.
Other than that they have some Iranian patrol boats with Iranian versions of C-701s, subsonic cruise missiles with a range of 20nmi/37km. They may also have a single frigate (and maybe some patrol boats) in service with Otomat Mk2 or C-802 subsonic cruise missiles, which have a range of around 100nmi/180km. But that’s their longest range anti ship missiles. Again, vastly out ranged by US anti ship missiles or aircraft. AGM-158C LRASM has a range in excess of 500nmi/925km, SM-6 can also be used in an anti ship role, then there’s AGM-84 H/K SLAM-ER with a range over 155nmi/270km. AGM-84 Harpoon between 70-120nmi (130-220km) depending on if surface or air launched. That’s not mentioning that US aircraft could just drop laser guided JDAMs or SDBs on Venezuelan ships.
I’ve looked at it a bit, but the big issue is that it uses public estimations for the capabilities of systems. That makes perfect sense of course, but it’s very different to real world performance. Unless you can put your own values in for system performance (which militaries using similar software do for wargaming), it’s more of a strategy game vs a predictor of real world performance.
They have some, but all relatively short ranged. The biggest threat to US ships would be Kh-31 supersonic cruise missiles launched by Venezuelan Su-30s, with a maximum range of 38-60 nautical miles (nmi)/70-110km. But I highly doubt that the Venezuelan air force gets off of the ground in the event of war. Even if they do do get off the ground, the SM-6 missile (launched from AEGIS equipped ships or F/A-18s) has a maximum range estimated in excess of 200 nmi/370km, and the AIM-120D (launched from F-35s, F-22s and F/A-18s, as well as other fighters) has an estimated maximum range of 90-100nmi/160-180km, and the AIM-120D-3 in excess of that. Venezuelan aircraft are far out ranged by US anti aircraft missiles.
Other than that they have some Iranian patrol boats with Iranian versions of C-701s, subsonic cruise missiles with a range of 20nmi/37km. They may also have a single frigate (and maybe some patrol boats) in service with Otomat Mk2 or C-802 subsonic cruise missiles, which have a range of around 100nmi/180km. But that’s their longest range anti ship missiles. Again, vastly out ranged by US anti ship missiles or aircraft. AGM-158C LRASM has a range in excess of 500nmi/925km, SM-6 can also be used in an anti ship role, then there’s AGM-84 H/K SLAM-ER with a range over 155nmi/270km. AGM-84 Harpoon between 70-120nmi (130-220km) depending on if surface or air launched. That’s not mentioning that US aircraft could just drop laser guided JDAMs or SDBs on Venezuelan ships.
you ever play the game Command: Modern Operations? you’d probably be good at that.
I’ve looked at it a bit, but the big issue is that it uses public estimations for the capabilities of systems. That makes perfect sense of course, but it’s very different to real world performance. Unless you can put your own values in for system performance (which militaries using similar software do for wargaming), it’s more of a strategy game vs a predictor of real world performance.
I think you can modify all that stuff iirc, but I don’t know if it would be worth the hassle. There’s so much stuff there.