{"id":676675,"date":"2026-01-06T01:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676675\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:51:15","slug":"china-russia-wont-dare-test-us-says-hegseth-after-show-of-military-might-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676675\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Russia won\u2019t \u2018dare test\u2019 US, says Hegseth after show of military might in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of Defence <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3335615\/us-defence-chief-touts-flexible-realism-china-ahead-strategy-documents-release?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> delivered a stark warning to China and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/russia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> on Monday, declaring that the United States is rebuilding military dominance to a level so absolute that its enemies would \u201cnot dare\u201d test it.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Addressing shipyard workers and naval personnel at Newport News Shipbuilding, the nation\u2019s largest military shipyard, Hegseth pointed to the recent US military operation in Venezuela as evidence of renewed American military readiness and the limits of non-American defence technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe\u2019re re-establishing deterrence that\u2019s so absolute and so unquestioned that our enemies will not dare to test us,\u201d Hegseth said. He added that under previous US administrations, the world had begun \u201cwondering\u201d whether America was still strong enough to lead. \u201cWell, that\u2019s over now,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767664275_49_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">03:31<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Trump pledges to keep Venezuelan oil flowing to China after Maduro capture<\/p>\n<p>Trump pledges to keep Venezuelan oil flowing to China after Maduro capture<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Venezuela\u2019s integrated air defence system is built mainly on Russian technology, including S-300VM and Buk-M2E systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth delivered a stark warning to China and Russia on Monday, declaring that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[205579,205578,3801,205580,144217,1395,180523,32,23427,774,1055,37887,602,332,205581],"class_list":{"0":"post-676675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-admiral-dong-jun","9":"tag-arsenal-of-freedom","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-buk-m2e-systems","12":"tag-caracas","13":"tag-china","14":"tag-delcy-rodriguez","15":"tag-donald-trump","16":"tag-fox-news","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-malaysia","19":"tag-nicolas-maduro","20":"tag-pete-hegseth","21":"tag-russia","22":"tag-s-300vm"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115845653042439548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}