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Posted on 10/15/2010 7:52:55 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Foreign Policy / Military Agreement "is going very well," said Chávez
Putin announces sale of 35 tanks to Venezuela's government
Although Putin would not elaborate, experts believe that the sale involves T-72 and T-90 tanks, which would replace the French MX-30 tanks and which have already been purchased by some 30 countries, including Iran and Syria
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that he will soon provide 35 tanks to Venezuela, after his meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, to whom he vowed to sell other weapons.
"Russia fully complies with the bilateral agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation. Shortly, Russia plans to provide a new batch of weapons. They are 35 tanks," said Putin at a joint press conference with Chávez at his residence Novo-Ogoriovo, outside Moscow.
Although Putin would not elaborate, experts believe that the sale involves T-72 and T-90 tanks, which would replace the French MX-30 tanks and which have already been purchased by some 30 countries, including Iran and Syria.
"We are willing to supply tanks and, with respect to other types of weapons, we will do it broadly. Russian companies have started to work according to their orders," he said.
For his part, Chávez emphasized that "the issue of military cooperation, for which we are under attack, is going very well."
"Now, we do have an armed force," said Chávez, who mentioned some of the purchases of Russian weapons by Caracas in recent years, including tanks, Sukhoi fighters, which he described as "the best aircraft in the world," and Kalashnikov rifles.
Earlier on Friday, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said that Moscow will not reduce military-technical cooperation with Caracas, after his meeting with Chávez at the Kremlin.
"In this field, we have not slowed down, not even now," Medvedev said at a joint press conference with Chávez in the Malachite Room of the Kremlin.
On Chávez's previous visit to Russia, in September 2009, Medvedev promised that Moscow would supply the weapons Venezuela needed, including tanks and armored cars.
Last April, during his visit to Venezuela, Putin said that Venezuela planned to buy Russian arms worth over USD 5 billion.
That figure includes a USD 2-billion loan Moscow will grant to Caracas for the acquisition of heavy weapons.
Venezuela, which according to Venezuelan sources has bought Russian weapons worth USD 4.4 billion since 2005, has emerged as a major Latin American customer of the Russian military industry, which has ignited concerns in the US and Colombia.
The Russian press has reported that Venezuela is interested in diesel-electric submarines of the class "Varshavianka" (Kilo, according to the NATO classification).
Military experts quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency said on Friday that Caracas would receive the S-300 antiaircraft missile system that Moscow decided not to supply to Iran because of the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council.
According to these sources, Russia has provided to Venezuela a dozen Tor-M1 air defense systems, the same ones Tehran acquired in late 2005.
Chavez's visit to Russia is part of a foreign tour for almost two weeks that will also take him on October 16 to Belarus, and then to Ukraine, Iran, Syria, Libya, Algeria and Portugal.
Ping.
35 tanks, right. Now he’s a real world power.
The only thing he can do with that is suppress his own people.
So, how many A-10s does Columbia need?
2 or 3? 4 to be double sure?
It’s so nice for Chavez to buy us shooting targets. We should send him a fruit basket. Honestly t-72s those stopped being hip in 1985.
The weapons are not to be used against US, but against his neighbors. In a saner time we would not allow this.
The prime target for the new tanks will be the Venezuelan people lest they attempt revolt.
Yep, A-10’s Ugly but extremely effective. Good pic.
Meanwhile, Obama sits around and watches sports on TV. Reagan would never have let any of this stand.
I think that in this case you may have underestimated the evil Mr. Obama. The arming of Chavez is entirely in keeping with his determination to communize Latin America. Never forget his teaming up with Chavez and Zelaya to turn Honduras — or most faithful ally in Central America — into a Marxist state. That was an important plum for Obama. When the Honduran people fought back (thank God), it stymied the Obama-Chavez game plan. Now, Chavez — with Obama’s backing you may be sure — is taking another tact.
lol
sounds like a target rich environment to me :P
I love Warthogs
Designed to do one thing and do it damned well.
Well, now we know how he’s going to get the Mussolini farewell. About all they’re good for, anyway.
just drop a bomb on them now and let’s get this war over with!
35 tanks, right. Now he’s a real world power.
The only thing he can do with that is suppress his own people.
That would be his intention me think, and to harass a few neighbors perhaps?
Colombia at least but I;m not sre the tanks would be much of an offensive threat because the border region is kind of bad terrain for a tank if I read the map right.
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