Two Russian Bombers Land In Venezuela
Hummm, Guess Iran has finished their nuke program..
President Hugo Chavez had said Venezuela is ready to host Russian aircraft, news agency Novosti reported.
September 10, 2008
(CNN) — Two Russian bombers have landed at a Venezuelan airfield, from which they will carry out training flights for several days, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Wednesday.
The Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela’s Libertador military airfield and “will spend several days carrying out training flights over neutral waters, after which they will return to the base,” Interfax reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky, a ministry spokesman, told Interfax that NATO fighters followed the bombers on their 13-hour flight over the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic.
“All flights by air force aircraft have been and are marked by strict conformity to the international rules on the use of air space over neutral waters,” Drobyshevsky told Interfax.
The U.S. will monitor the Russian training, said Pentagon officials who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak on the information.
On Monday, Russia announced it might hold joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean. The declaration came in the wake of increased tension between Russia and the United States over Russia’s invasion last month of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, a U.S. ally that aspires to join NATO.
Russia on Monday denied any link between that announcement and the conflict in Georgia, although Russia has criticized U.S. support for Georgia, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has long antagonized Washington.
Earlier this month, Chavez said Venezuela would welcome the Russian air force, according to Russian news agency Novosti.
“If Russian long-range bombers should need to land in Venezuela, we would not object to that either. We will also welcome them,” Chavez said on September 1, according to Novosti.
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Sounds like Hugo is ready to start up “Cuban Missile Crisis” #2, only with Russian bombers instead of missiles.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pmIsn’t there anyone down south who can put this clown to sleep - it’s not like any Venezuelans would miss the little tin pot dictator
Attention Venezuelan public:
September 10th, 2008 at 7:51 pmDon’t go down the road that Cuba did. What did it get them? Nothing. Noothing but misery.
Oh, you have some oil, big deal; but if you think you can bully the United States, you are sorely mistaken.
Is there anybody in your nation that can take care of the tin-pot dictator?
Soviet, ah, I mean Russian planes. Good target practise.
Probably the only two russian bombers that were airworthy enough to make the trip. To be honest, Putin is trying to sabre rattle…I think we should just publicly ignore him and they’ll go away…..of course we should still watch though, cause we’re always watching.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pmMaybe they wanted to see how far their two bombers can make it to. Are they still under warranty though?
September 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmoohhhh…30 year old backfire bombers…i’m shaking in my boots
September 10th, 2008 at 8:18 pmI wonder if they saw the F-22s that were following them … probably not.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:25 pmActually these are blackjack bombers and 20 years old but close enough lol.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pmthey dont make any more spare parts for it, there is a lot of talk of restarting the production line of TU-160s but the main component - the engine production is in a misserable state. 70% of jet engine production is in ukraine
September 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pmGuess what else Chavez is doing today?
Under the law, distributors including subsidiaries of British Petroleum, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., will have 60 days to negotiate the sale of their businesses to the government or face expropriation.
He’s going to steal all our assets.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pmYes it sucks to be Russia
September 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pmHere’s what this is:
A great opportunity to seize Cuba which we should have
done ages ago.
Nukes are not going to land on us from Russian bombers.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:36 amThey are going to get here on small yachts, filled with smiley
suicide jihadists. They’ll either come from Pakistan or Iran.
Actually, your next story about Al-Baradei stepping down is
probably more scary. I agree with you the Baradei’s work is finished,
and he may as well go now.
I mean, like who wants to be around the UN when NYC is obviously
one of the targets?
I doubt the jihadists will be able to detonate more than about
two or three devices before both Iran and Pakistan, as probable
sources for the nukes, will be taken out.
But I’m sure Al-Baradei doesn’t want to be a martyr himself.
Russians are doing it because it helps them to sell weapons (jet fighters including) for Latin america’s market - those bombers flights were negotiated this spring before conflict in Georgia.But your comments here are like provoking Russia to send more and more planes and battleships to Carribean (like you say those are only 2 their planes or they do not produce spare parts etc.etc., 70% engines produced in Ukrain (which is not so by the way) etc.)Why to do this? Here in Russia (I am Russian) nobody was saying “Common USA, send here more ships!We gonna laugh at you!” when they were here in Black Sea. Nobody here want to bomb or nuke you - actually without those quarrels around Georgia Russians generally respect USA (those who blame you allways are in minority). So why to anger Russians with such comments?
September 11th, 2008 at 4:32 amanyone want to put up bets on if they crash and burn before becoming a problem. i’d say 10:1
September 11th, 2008 at 4:37 amBirds of the same feather flock together. Putin and Chavez are both dictators, who’ve done nothing to improve their respective country’s economy inspite of their tremendious natural resources.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:28 amThe US is the biggest bully of the modern world. As such, you are paranoic about anyone who shows a tiny sign of independent thinking and behavior and wants, as you think, to take away your ‘bullying rights’. The tactics is well known since we all were back in the middle school: intimidating and, if it does not help, mocking. Nothing new, really. It might work even, but not in case if ‘the enemy’ is confident enough. We’ll see…
September 11th, 2008 at 7:39 amWhy is Hugo still breathing?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Mari
Middle school must be as far as you got in your education, if you cannot see the obvious hypocrisy of your argument. Marxism/communism is a failure - history plainly shows that. Try to study some world history past middle school level - it’s really enlightening 
September 11th, 2008 at 9:01 amYou call seizing the assets of private businesses ” independent thinking?” You call the US a bully and yet support the behavior of Chavez?
While the 58th Army is grinding Georgia beneath its tank treads, go ahead and cry me a river about poor pitiful, victimized Russia. FYI: No one here is gullible enough to believe that Vladimir Putin gives a rat’s ass about what ANYONE thinks, most notably his own people. How many Russian dissidents did the siloviki murder last week?
What rock have you been hiding under - Pravda Forums?
Go check out the handiwork of the world’s greatest bully in Chechnya - this is what “independent thinking and behavior and wants” gets those who defy the Kremlin:
http://russian-genocide-over-chechen-people.blogspot.com/
First its Chechnya, today its Georgia and next up is Ukraine. As it’s been said, Russia can only have vassals along its borders.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:44 amTU-160 not a threat???
Check your facts guys.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160
The TU 160 is the most agile heavy bomber ever built [and the most modern] , can sustain speeds greater than mach 2, has a range of 8,000 miles without refueling and carries 80,000 lbs of munitions{cruise missile’s free fall bombs, &Nuclear cruise missiles}.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:54 amI would be very concerned to see these bombers anywhere in South America or in the western hemisphere on a permanent basis.
If Colombia were able to join NATO, how happy would Hugo Chavez be?
September 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm