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Originally Posted by Marcantilan
According to Adm Anaya (the head of the Navy - one of the "nice" people of the military regime) the Soviets offered, on April, a Kresta class cruiser.
The offer was rejected, in part because is not an easy toy to operate and also because the Soviets wanted more than money to pay for it (bases in Tierra del Fuego, a change of the political attitude toward communism and so on)
Also, Castro offered one of his F-boats.
Regards!
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*whistles*
Wow...didn't know that...a Kresta really would have been a fly in the ointment.