Posted on 01/05/2019 2:26:49 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
When two of Russia’s most modern, nuclear-capable bombers landed in Venezuela earlier this week, American officials quickly took note.
#Russia's government has sent bombers halfway around the world to #Venezuela. The Russian and Venezuelan people should see this for what it is: two corrupt governments squandering public funds, and squelching liberty and freedom while their people suffer. pic.twitter.com/bCBGbGtaHT
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) December 11, 2018
The arrival of the Tu-160 “White Swan” strategic bombers in Caracas on Monday serves to remind the United States that Russia can still project military might into the Western hemisphere.
The Tu-160 bombers were manufactured at the end of the Cold War and are among the most advanced strategic bombers in the world. They are capable of flying at twice the speed of sound and carrying both conventional and nuclear-armed cruise missiles that have a range of more than 3,400 miles.
Russia’s decision to land bombers in Venezuela also comes as the U.S. plans to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty...
“This is Russia trying to force the U.S. to say, ‘listen, if you withdraw from this and if you make these moves in Europe, we will make these moves as well,’” says Diego Moya-Ocampos, a Venezuela analyst for IHS Markit.
For Venezuela, whose collapsing economy has led to chronic food and medicine shortages, the Russian mission represents a useful cameo on the world stage. President Nicolas Maduro will also be happy of a demonstration to potential opponents in the Venezuelan military that he still has powerful friends in Moscow, Moya-Ocampos said.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
The TU-160 is an old Soviet design - first built in 1981. Even my old school math says 38 years old. With classic Russian bad maintenance and few spares.
My question - how the hell did theese make it as far as SA? How many other TU-160s did they have to strip to get these two working?
and
The Ukrainian TU-160 fleet now looks like this
which is to say they wee chopped up. You can see even before they were cut to pieces, they had been stripped....
My dog had a tick.
I used my finger nails.
John has a long mustache.
The chair is against the wall.
As someone who has visited over there, I can tell you he is extremely popular with his people.
The rest of you comment are the words of a fool or NWO stooge. Which one are you?
Blessent mon coeur de une languer monotone
Likely stayed there longer than you...and perhaps more recently.
His ‘popularity’ (if you can call it that) cannot be gauged simply by what people say, especially if you’re an outsider.
It’s good to get along with Kim Jong Un too. Called diplomacy.
Oh, the Putin whores speak up.
Bolsonaro is even more of a man and would even consider allowing the US a base in Brazil because of the threat of Russia in the region.
Russia has no freedom of elections, perhaps the Putin whores can remind us of that.
Bolsonaro is even more of a man and would even consider allowing the US a base in Brazil because of the threat of Russia in the region.
Russia has no freedom of elections, perhaps the Putin whores can remind us of that.
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If Russia was not the historical aggressor, thus requiring defensive measures by other nations, then there would hardly even be any US military bases in Europe, and missiles pointed at her. Its not the Hungarians who invaded other nations to bring them under its rule, while US defense spending decreased after the fall of the Soviet Union, and shifted away from that sphere.
Which would be much longer than after Russian subs nuke Washington D.C., etc.
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