12 Tomahawk missiles launched, 4 failed to explode, wreckage humiliates US military, overshadowing the joy of Maduro's abduction!

On Christmas night, while most of the world was enjoying holiday serenity, the night sky over Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria was torn apart by several glaring missile trails. The US Navy launched 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles from a destroyer in the Mediterranean or off the coast of Guinea Bay, targeting a camp believed to be harboring top leaders of ISIS-West Africa Province.

US Africa Command later announced the operation as a success, claiming several key members were 'precisely eliminated,' and emphasized that this was one of the few long-range precision strikes conducted by the US military on the African continent in recent years.

However, within days, the situation took a dramatic turn. Nigerian local officials and villagers began discovering at least four intact but unexploded Tomahawk missile warheads near the attack site. These remnants were clearly structured, with identifiable serial numbers, and some even retained their complete guidance system housings.

Out of the 12 missiles, four failed to detonate—a failure rate of 33%, far exceeding historical averages. Even more embarrassing, the unexploded ordnance did not fall into deserts or deep oceans, but instead landed near populated areas, where locals photographed them and uploaded the images to social media, sparking widespread discussion in global military circles.

Open-source intelligence analysis revealed that one of the debris pieces bore a serial number indicating a production date of 2023, belonging to a recent batch delivered by Raytheon—directly pointing to quality control issues within the current US defense industrial complex.

This incident emerged just after the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment successfully abducted Maduro, indeed dampening the Pentagon's joy. This is how the US military looks today: when fighting counterinsurgency operations or opponents significantly weaker, its combat power is formidable. But when facing opponents of comparable strength, it nearly always loses.