Venezuela's Chavez to finalise Russian submarines deal

www.breitbart.com ^ | Jun 14, 2007 | AP

[Freeport]

So how long would it take for our surface Navy to put everything he has, subs too, on the bottom? One day? Half a day?

I figure the LAs would finish off everything he has in a week by themselves...

[yldstrk]

How do these nut cases become leaders of countries?

[yldstrk]

How do these nut cases become leaders of countries?

[N3WBI3]

I was thinking the same thing, does he think a half dozen diesel subs would last two days against our hunter killers were we to blockade them?

[Smedley]

Venezuela wants the submarines in order to overcome a possible US naval blockade, the paper said.

And so they might for half an hour minute or so.

[cll]

We’re underestimating this buffoon, Chavez.

[gpapa]

For detailed information on Russia’s submarine fleet go here: http://www.nti.org/db/submarines/russia/

[Eagle of Liberty]

Would this be Russia’s answer to us putting parts of our missile defense in Poland and Czech?

[Bluegrass Federalist]

I say as soon as the check clears, put them on the bottom.

[Freeport]

No, just cash... And they know the diesels are no match for our nuke boats anyway...

[Armedanddangerous]

they could go after oil tankers with them if chavez got pissed enough, couldnt they?

[Obadiah]

Talk about piswasting away money! This guy is a loon who is squandering the public treasury due to his delusional thinking.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

So, exactly who is going to crew these nine subs? Russian naval mercenaries?

Just curious...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

No. The radars are our answer to the Kalashnikov factory going in to Venz.

[Little Ray]

IIRC these boats use Air-Indepenent Propulsion and are QUIETER than our nukes.
That said, we train more and harder than anybody, except maybe the Brits. That is what make our subs dangerous.

[Brilliant]

Too bad they aren’t giving him the most sophisticated model. It ought to be pretty easy to pack the crew with spies.

[Freeport]

Sure... And how many of his customers are going to want the US to turn him into an incandescent bulb after that?

He’d be slitting his own throat and his navy would still be on the bottom as well and a multinational invasion fleet on the way.

[Freeport]

And we hunt them by looking for the hole in the water....

:-)

[Thombo2]

Highly informative link.Thanx.

[paddles]

Nine submarines=Nine Navy Crosses just waiting to happen.