Russian Bombers Land in Venezuela

BBC ^ | 09/11/08 | no author name noted

[biscuit jane]

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says two Russian bombers have arrived in the country to carry out training flights.

The Russian Air Force said the bombers would be based in Venezuela for several days and fly over neutral waters.

Earlier this week Russia confirmed that it would send a Navy squadron and long- range patrol planes for joint exercises with Venezuela in November.

Mr Chavez has developed close relations with Moscow, including the purchase of Russian arms and co-operation on oil.

Hugo Chavez announced that two Tu-160 bombers would carry out manoeuvres, saying that it was part of a move towards a "multi-polar world".

"I'm going to fly one of those beasts," he joked.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Chavez: Ready to fly

"The Yankee hegemony is finished," he added...

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[guitarplayer1953]

Who are they planing to bomb? Can we send a bunch of planes to Columbia, and ships off the coast?

[MaxMax]

Good grief, WTG, challenge the world during an Presidential election in America.
In a vein effort to get Obama elected? WRONG, and double wrong.

[null and void]

Maybe we can provide a few B-1B "escorts" for the B-oneski?

[JRandomFreeper]

Anyone remember 1963?

It didn't work so well then, either.

/johnny

[Prophet in the wilderness]

http://usa-the-republic.com/items%20of%20interest/vision.html

[VOA]

Tu-160
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160

I wonder if the experts call the Tu-160 the “B-1ski” (even though the
Tu-160 is bigger.

But the silhouette (sp?) of the Tu-160 compared to the B-1 is a
similar situation as comparing the “Concordski” to the Concorde!!!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" In a vein effort to get Obama elected? "
I think it will have the opposite effect.
Obama has NO foreign affairs experience ( in spite of his bogus Europe trip as the MSM/LIBS/DEMS have claimed as his " Foreign policy experience ) ... and Obama has NO executive experience....
Hopefully American's will wake up and realize that out of all the candidate... John McCain is well and able to challenge this Russian threat.

[biscuit jane]

Yep. Hugo loves to posture ! This move would not help Obammer though, onlyy serve to focus attention his weak ideas about foreign affairs .

[FastCoyote]

I’d forgotten what the Tu 160 looked like. I just have to think that it would be a sitting duck without AWAC support and any stealth to speak of. Does anyone know if that is anything more than a giant target drone?

[null and void]

It didn't work so well then, either.

Zat so? We ended up having to pull our missiles out of Turkey.

[Jeff Head]

I think a flight of F-22 Raptors would be more appropriate.

[guitarplayer1953]

We need to stop buying oil from them seize all of their assets here in the US close all of their gas stations and declare war on them and see how fast they get those bombers out of their county.

[null and void]

Nahhhhh, we want something they can see...

[null and void]

But if we don’t buy that thick sulfurous crap who will?

[RC51]

pretty cool airplane if you ask me:

[guitarplayer1953]

They can eat it for food when we blockade them. This should be considered a act of aggression on their part and we should let them and Putin know where we are going to stick it.

[Bernard Marx]

It’s time for Chavez to take a dirt nap and dream dirt dreams. That peckerwood is leading with his chin.

[NoLibZone]

we M U S T make alternatives to gasoline this nations top priority.

Cancel all school, medical and social spending until archived.