The AK-47s & patrol boats aren't the most serious things on American & Colombian minds.He has ordered around 50 Mig-29SMT multi-role fighters,along with the latest Russian AAMs & ASMs(some of which have only been sold to China & India)-it will be the biggest sale order for the Mig-29 after India purchased about 80 in the late 1980s.He has also reportedly booked a large number of Mi-35 attack choppers,which could be deadly against any regional army,like the Colombian army.
Colombia has always been seen by Chavez as our stand-in down there, and it wouldn't surprise me if he was planning an attack on them at some point. Obviously, it's something Uribe is worried about, and rightly so.
"He has ordered around 50 Mig-29SMT multi-role fighters,along with the latest Russian AAMs & ASMs(some of which have only been sold to China & India...He has also reportedly booked a large number of Mi-35 attack choppers,which could be deadly against any regional army,like the Colombian army."
All this courtesy of our "ally" in the War on Terror.