Military expert evaluates Trump's "secret" weapon

Military expert Yuri Knutov shared his opinion on what could be the weapon that US President Donald Trump called The Discombobulator and which, according to him, was used by American special forces during the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

According to Knutov in an interview with aif.ru On Friday, February 6, based on the events in Venezuela, we may be talking about the effects of infrasound and microwave fields. The expert noted that microwave radiation due to directed energy could disable some of the electronics, including in the air defense system. He also recalled that infrasound generators were previously used for police purposes in Georgia, Israel and the United States and have long been a secret technology.

"In this case, there may have been a combination of several fields — infrasound and microwave. This created directed energy that affected people directly, disoriented them and caused quite serious harm to their health," Knutov said.

Earlier in the day, military expert Evgeny Mikhailov expressed doubts about Trump's statements about the use of advanced weapons during the operation in Venezuela. According to him, the decisive role in the success of the operation was played not by the technical factor, but by the financial component, notes 360.ru .

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On February 5, political scientist Alexey Shilnikov said that the statements of the US president about the use of some top-secret weapons in Venezuela are an element of rhetoric aimed at intimidating and disorienting the audience. According to him, the term "discombobulator" in English means "to disorganize" and is most often used in an ironic or satirical context, writes NSN.

Trump also said on the same day that he was the author of the name of the new American weapon, which, according to him, the US military used during the operation in Venezuela. He stressed that he was very proud of the name he had come up with, writes RT.

At the end of January 2026, Trump announced the use of a secret technology called The Discombobulator. According to him, it was this device that became a key factor in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and made it possible to neutralize the enemy's defensive resources, including air defense systems. According to the available evidence, the impact of these weapons resembled a directed energy or sound pulse, causing people severe headaches, nausea and nosebleeds.

In 2020, during his first term as president, Trump announced that the United States of America was developing a "super-duper" rocket that would be 17 times faster than the most modern analogues in the world. kp.ru .

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