Venezuela defence minister on Thursday accused the United States of threatening its national security after at least five American combat planes approached its coastline. In a televised address, defence minister Vladimir Padrino said the country’s air defenses and the tracking systems of its largest airport "detected more than five... combat aircraft" which had "dared to approach the Venezuelan coast. " He called the incident “a great threat” and added, “I am denouncing this military harassment in front of the world.” The accusations come amid heightened tensions between the two nations following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats in the Southern Caribbean to carry out anti-narcotics strikes. President Donald Trump last month dispatched 10 F-35 aircraft

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