Posted on 08/17/2007 8:12:54 AM PDT by RDTF
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Terse rhetoric from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has apparently gotten the attention of technical experts at the Missiles and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC).
During an Aug. 14 briefing here at the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command's annual conference, Pam McCue, director of the MSIC, added the oil-rich nation of Venezuela to an oft-recited watch list of nations possessing, selling or seeking weapons technology that could threaten the United States or its allies if proliferated.
The usual suspects include North Korea, China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Syria. Venezuela, however, is the only one of those nations in short range of the United States homeland. It also appears to be the only one without the missiles - at least for now.
McCue said the South American nation has ties with major missile developers, but they've yielded nothing yet in terms of technology transfer that her intelligence experts could ascertain. "But, there is a lot of concern" because of Venezuela's discussions with nations that are eager to sell ballistic missile technology, she said.
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I think they are keeping their acquistion goals on hold for now until Clinton gets in. Then, knowing they have a quasi-ally, will make the moves to acquire said missile tech.
fyi
I would prefer the headline -
Missile Intel Agency adds Venezuela to TARGET List.
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