Posted on 09/08/2009 8:19:44 PM PDT by pissant
Moscow - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will arrive in Russia to conduct a new arms deal Wednesday, according to the news agency Interfax.
Venezuela is planning to buy three diesel-powered submarines, several armoured personnel carriers and type T-72 tanks and ten military helicopters, said the report, quoting officials from the Russian arms industry.
Caracas also wanted to invest in coastal missile defences.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will receive Chavez on Thursday, according to the Kremlin.
Chavez, a left-wing nationalist and opponent of the US, had talked about equipping several battalions at the beginning of August, though he did not give any details.
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I wonder what Castro Jr. has in store for all that hardware he’s buying?
Exactly. Putin knows Obama and friends are cheering this move!
Chavez gets junk and a few more hours of rants. Not to mention draining his populace.
Chavez buys a bunch of obsolete WWII and cold war weapons. Go for it Chavez, you brainick, you.
Russia has more than that to offer for oil dollars.
Modern and up-to-date?
Hugo won't know the difference.
The Russkis have a comical habit of selling 3rd world countries all the fighters and tanks they can afford, that are *always* slaughtered en masse when the USA comes.
The third world always think just owning the machinery is the key to victory. The Russians smile and keep the hard cash.
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