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The Pentagon said two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel on Thursday in international waters in a "highly provocative move."

In a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday night, the Defense Department wrote the move "was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations."

CBS News reported earlier on Thursday that two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighters flew over the USS Jason Dunham in what U.S. officials believed was a show of force. 

PHOTO: USS Jason Dunham destroyer visits Gdynia port, Poland
Gdynia, Poland, 6th, May 2015 US Navy rocket destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) goes to Gdynia Port for short visit. Vessel is armed with SM-2 rocket and Tomahawk missiles.
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The move came after President Donald Trump announced earlier this week he had ordered U.S. military forces to strike a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he said was carrying suspected Tren de Aragua drug smugglers, killing 11 people.

The statement from the Pentagon on Thursday went on to say: "The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the US military."

The Navy recently deployed eight ships to the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean.