President Donald Trump told the New York Post that U.S. forces used a classified system he called the “Discombobulator” during the January 3 Caracas raid that captured ousted president Nicolás Maduro.
Trump told the news outlet that the Discombobulator, disabled Venezuelan defenses and prevented Russian and Chinese rockets from launching.
“They never got their rockets off. They had Russian and Chinese rockets, and they never got one off. We came in, they pressed buttons and nothing worked. They were all set for us.”
Trump had previously claimed that during the raid on Maduro’s compound, the U.S. had turned off “almost all of the lights in Caracas,” though he did not provide details on how it was done.
Trump made the remarks after being asked about reports that Washington possesses an energy-based weapon similar to systems suspected of causing Havana Syndrome.
His revelation followed claims from a Venezuelan guard that a powerful sound wave left members of Maduro’s security team bleeding from the nose and temporarily immobilized during the U.S. assault.
“We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation,” the guard said. “The next thing we saw were drones, lots of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.”
“At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it,” he continued. “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. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.”
Maduro, 63, is currently being held in a federal jail in Brooklyn as he awaits trial on narcoterrorism charges. His vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, has taken over as Venezuela’s interim leader.
Meanwhile, the U.S. carried out a strike Friday on an alleged drug‑trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first such action since Maduro’s capture.
On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern… pic.twitter.com/BzeBBapfMQ
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) January 23, 2026
The attack is part of at least 36 known strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since early September, which have killed at least 117 people.
This wasn’t a “Secret Weapon”. The device is called a Sonic Cannon. It comes in different sizes and levels of output. They have been used on commercial ships passing through the Gulf of Aiden passing Yemen enroute to the Port of Said through the Canal. Very effective device. I believe the Ocean Bandit has one on their two vessels to ward away pirates as well.
Sonic cannon suggests sound interference. An audible tone can neutralize humans. As well as inaudible tones. The true problem is that these weapons are proliferating throughout the public sphere. Sometimes they have been used against authorities and individuals involved in anti-drug operations. Also the use of LRAD in the public sphere has been known to assault individuals. Some humans are more susceptible to the energy of these devices and others. One noted bit of research is on The Frey Effect and how microwave signals and other high level frequencies from 2Ghz up to 8ghz can neurologically impair individuals. These are also the frequencies in which a lot of high level medical scanning devices like MRI operate in. Even when ear protecti Is offered to the patient. These frequencies are used to penetrate the human body for healthcare scanning and therefor can interfere or damage a human. Possibly causing confusion in their reasoning centers.