TU-160 Blackjacks - Chavez offer base for Russian bombers

[SUBMAN1]

I bet most libs would never have expected to have to worry about this crap ever again. They think the whole world would be gay and peaceful from now on, except for the damn Arabs! Too funny.

http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14870420

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[fatty]

Chávez denies offering base to Russia

Pick your preferred bad guy to trust.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by fatty

Chávez denies offering base to Russia

Pick your preferred bad guy to trust.

"Chavez proposed to us a whole island with an airfield that we can use for temporary basing of strategic bombers," said Major General Anatoly Zhikharev, the chief of Russia's long-range aviation staff.

So where is the denial? And considering it happened, how can he deny it after the fact?

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[fatty]

Did you follow the link?

"It's not like that," the president said, responding to a report by Interfax news agency quoting the chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Major General Anatoly Zhikharev, as saying some strategic bombers could be based on an island offered by Venezuela.

Zhikharev reportedly said Saturday that Chávez had offered "a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers."

Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Chávez said he told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that his nation's bombers would be allowed to land in Venezuela if necessary, but no such plans have been made.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by fatty

Did you follow the link?

I see your link. Sounds like a neutral standing to me where he did and didn't offer the airstrip. Anyone with half a brain can see that he is allowing as much as the Russians want. Chavez needs the Russians in his own pea brained mind. Makes him feel like he has strong allies.

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[Zachstar]

Its a great bomber but only with a nation with the equivalent of SA-2s

Its just Chavez wanting more power even if its fake power.