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The mission's lack of official Pentagon or US Southern Command confirmation underscores its covert nature, yet the message was clear: the United States is watching and capable of deploying strategic bombers near adversarial regimes. Notably, the B-52s are capable of carrying nuclear and conventional precision payloads, emphasizing their strategic significance in signals of power and deterrence. Historically, such flights have served as Cold War-era tools for geopolitical messaging, used near North Korea, the South China Sea, and now conspicuously over Venezuela.