Posted on 08/17/2019 5:23:46 PM PDT by cba123
The Russian and Venezuelan defense ministries have agreed to expand the cooperation between their navies.
At a meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Podrino Lopez signed an agreement to allow visits by military vessels.
As part of the agreement, the Venezuelan ports will be opened to the Russian Navy, effectively enabling Russia to acquire a naval base in Latin America.
Since December 2017, Russia has had a similar agreement with Syria, which allowed Russia to deploy as many as 10 ships and two submarines in the Mediterranean Sea at the peak of its campaign to support Bashar al-Assad.
In July 2019, Russia reached an even more significant agreement with Iran. Two Iranian ports – Bushehr in the south and Chabahar in the south-east – will become forward bases for Russia’s Navy that can even be used by nuclear submarines.
Bushehr will also serve as a base for the Russian Aerospace Forces, with Su-37 and Su-57 fighters deployed there. There are also plans to station a contingent of Russian troops there, primarily special forces, under the same pretext that has been used in Syria and in Lebanon: on paper, they will be there as “advisors” to the Iranian military.
Before signing the agreement, Shoygu discussed the situation in Venezuela and other matters relating to military and technological cooperation.
Lopez, in turn, commented on the superiority of the Russian weapons that have been showcased in the “Army Games” that have been underway in Russia since August 3.
“The Russian weaponry has been performing superbly during the army competitions. The international army games position Russia as a leading developer and producer of the latest modern weapons systems,” he remarked.
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Admittedly, I am in Russia's hemisphere.
But I am not, never have been, military.
Venezuela found something to do with all that oil. Great....
This needs a very firm response.
um...f**k no.
Well, they certainly can get it cheap.
Reminds me somewhat of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
They have to bring in in everything they need because Venezuela has Nuffin
(exactly)
Hmm...that proposed base movement from Germany to Poland is starting to look a little more attractive. Throw in a few missile installations and let’s see who blinks first.
Good, let them spread themselves thin.
They already sold a lot of their oil to China.
> Russia, in our hemisphere? <
Not a good thing. But I will play the Devil’s Advocate here.
The Monroe Doctrine basically said this: Europe, do not interfere in the Americas. And in turn, we will not interfere in European affairs.
Too many folks forget that second part. So now the US has bases in Norway and Turkey. Do we still command the high ground when demanding Russia stay out of Venezuela?
Too many folks forget that second part. So now the US has bases in Norway and Turkey.
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We have a hell of a lot more than those two in Europe.
This should be the top issue our country, not gun control and racism and other manufactured horsechit. Russia, China, radical islamists, along with south american countries are forming alliances to invade America one day, and one day soon. This unsettling fact should be in every Americans mind and it should unite all Americans.. white, black, and brown. We are not a smart and aware people right now, and that has to change.
Every day, John Bolton weakens America’s power & influence in the world. This is exhibit 597.
I was an early Trump supporter.
But I totally support Bolton.
100 percent.
What threat is russian rust buckets in Venezuela to us? we could probably sell them food and toilet paper while they are there. The invasion across our southern border is what we need to focus on.
This just shows how low the Russians have sunk. From a strategic point of view you might as well put the fleet on a lake. In any sort of skirmish they are sitting ducks. It's not as though their Navy has been able to establish, much less maintain anything approaching an effective OPTEMPO. When was the last time you opened a high end magazine and started salivating over the $50,000 jeweled chronometers made in Russia?
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