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Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar in early trade but may be weighed by geopolitical risks.

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While the U.S. was easily able to fly into Venezuela, this was against a less sophisticated enemy with decent but limited quantities of air defense, said Nick Cunningham, a defense analyst at Agency Partners, a research firm.

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The tactics employed “would probably be less effective against a well-equipped near-peer adversary such as Russia or China,” he said.

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To defend against signal jamming, militaries are starting to communicate via lasers, where able.

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The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the U.S. military’s Southern Command said on social media Tuesday that it was ready to “stand against sanctioned vessels and actors transiting through this region.”

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