WASHINGTON — The U.S. military flew a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, a little over a week after another group of American bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.

Two B-1 bombers flew over the Caribbean in latest show of force as U.S. military operations in the region continue to grow.

Experts call it "21st-century gunboat diplomacy" as U.S. positions strike-capable forces in Caribbean amid tensions with Maduro regime and cartels.

The U.S. military has flown B-1 bombers near Venezuela amid a growing build-up in the Caribbean, fuelling speculation that President Donald Trump could be considering military action against Nicolás Maduro.

The long-range B-1 bombers can carry up to 75,000 pounds of guided and unguided munitions, the largest nonnuclear payload of any aircraft in the Air Force arsenal.

The Air Force launched multiple B-52 bombers in what it called a “bomber attack demonstration” off the coast of Venezuela.

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The U.S. military flew three B-52 bombers on missions near the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, as the Trump administration continues to exert pressure on the country.

Barksdale, the largest U.S. B-52 base, is located in House Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana 4th Congressional District.

The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its so-called war against narcoterrorism.