The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

Two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US Navy destroyer in the southern Caribbean sea as a show of force on Thursday, the Department of Defense said.

The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.