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| Venezuelan military deploys S-300 missiles to airbase south of Caracas |
| 2019-03-26 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Venezuelan military has deployed more S-300 air defense missiles to a key airbase south of Caracas, the Image Sat International reported on Sunday. According to Image Sat, the Venezuelan armed forces activated their S-300 missiles after completing their military drills in February. Image Sat reveals through their satellite imagery the additional S-300 missiles that have been deployed to the Captain Manuel Rios Airbase in the Guarico state of Venezuela: |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 I’d take a brace of them. I have a big back yard. And some Samsung SGR-A1 or the like scattered around the front yard would be nice. I’d put a red hat on them and call them garden gnomes. Or something. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2019-03-26 21:08 |
| #10 I wouldn't order one if Venezuela can afford them in its current state. |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-03-26 19:17 |
| #9 ^ Ow! |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-26 16:15 |
| #8 "Even Venezuela can afford one." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-03-26 14:45 |
| #7 So far the S-300 has not performed very well in Syria and sales have dipped in response. Part of my pet theory about (alleged) Russian/Israeli cooperation is Syria is the need for deconfliction between S-300 marketing literature and Israeli airstrikes. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-26 14:15 |
| #6 I'm guessing this is for local consumption, and deterrent against their own air force/helicopter pilots thinking about defecting then conducting a raid. Like that silly video; not to intimidate US Marines but to signal the population that the army will bayonet you in the throat. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-03-26 11:41 |
| #5 The S-300 only really came online in 2007 for the Russian Federation. Which means only now is it being sold and set up in other countries in large numbers. The S-400 will be sold in larger numbers over the next decade most likely. So far the S-300 has not performed very well in Syria and sales have dipped in response. Suddenly countries that bought the S-300 are getting an influx of Russian "advisers" for the systems. Putin has to try to support the customers and have the S-300 perform better. Putin needs the hard cash. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-03-26 11:20 |
| #4 What is the deal with setting these S-300 systems up everywhere? The modern system is the S-400, right? I would expect that if the US did decide to intervene, these old systems would essentially just be target practice for F-35s or B-2s, unless the US is dumb enough to throw our old A-10s or F-15s directly at missiles defense sites. |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-03-26 10:52 |
| #3 Well, we know where the Russians are. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-03-26 09:35 |
| #2 Expecting a flood of exuberant spring breakers from Aruba? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-03-26 03:10 |
| #1 So now there's plausible deniability to the idea that the newly arrived Russians will not be manning these systems. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-03-26 01:11 |