Satellite images of a US military ship just under 200km from the coastline of Venezuela, carrying out military drills, have been verified by Sky News. Defence expert and former US military colonel Mark Cancian said the operation could be viewed by the Venezuelan regime, characterised by its authoritarian rule under President Nicolas Maduro, as an intimidation tactic. It comes as the US has been scaling up its military presence in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific, deploying warships,