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2008-09-12 Caribbean-Latin America

US to watch Russia's 'Cold-War era' warplanes in Venezuela

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Posted by Free Radical 2008-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Better description: Soviet copy of a B1, performance-destroying swing wing and all.

Posted by Woozle Wholutch4001 2008-09-12 02:40|| 2008-09-12 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 It is much bigger and much>/b> faster than a B1. I don't know her aptitude for low altitude penetration.

But since Chavez has announced he will persoanlly pilot one of them the USAF, USN need only to worry about the other TU-160

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-12 04:56|| 2008-09-12 04:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Two cold war garbage cans. I'm real scared. They wont even have a fighter escort by the sound of it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-12 07:15|| 2008-09-12 07:15|| Front Page Top

#4 We should have some F-22's make a stop in Barranquilla, Colombia. They could fly around 'neutral waters' at the same time.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-09-12 11:43|| 2008-09-12 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Be interesting if Hugo's plane goes down. Just saying.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-12 14:58|| 2008-09-12 14:58|| Front Page Top

#6 MEDVEDEV now weighs in > warns that GEORGIA would've been attacked even iff Georgia was on a firm path to NATO Membership. Also claims that NATO is getting WEAKER as it gets closer to RUSSIA [Asia]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-12 21:30|| 2008-09-12 21:30|| Front Page Top

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