Tit for tat: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has advanced closer to Venezuela, which has responded in turn by assembling 200,000 troops, putting the whole military at the ready in case of an attack.

Of course, they don't have much going for them, tech-wise, in the event of a conflict with the U.S.

"Venezuela is deploying weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, and is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a U.S. air or ground attack," per a Reuters report—a "tacit admission of the…country's shortage of personnel and equipment."

The Navy said in a press release yesterday that the aircraft carrier and three warships crossed into the U.S. Southern Command's jurisdiction, which includes Latin America (south of Mexico) and adjacent

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