Chavez orders Subs??

Ret10Echo · 07-19-2007, 05:25

Chavez Orders Kilo Subs

Venezuela has placed a preliminary order for five advanced diesel-electric submarines with Rosoboronexport, Russia's arms export company. The submarines will be of the Project 877EKM or Varshavyanka series, known in the West as the Kilo class.

The announcement came during the visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - known for his strong anti-U.S. views - to Moscow earlier this month to discuss additional weapons purchases and wider economic ties with Russia. Upon his arrival in the Russian capital he declared, “If the United States attacks Venezuela, we are ready to die defending our sacred land."

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003607.html

jatx · 07-19-2007, 06:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

“If the United States attacks Venezuela, we are ready to die defending our sacred land."

I'm sure the USN is already licking its chops. Thanks for the target practice, Hugo!

SF_BHT · 07-19-2007, 07:00

Hell this will be good training aids for the Frogs.

Good excuse to get out of the sandbox and back into the water!

60_Driver · 07-22-2007, 02:09

I usually don't give Chavez much thought past "paranoid power junkie", and dismissed his rantings as populist drivel, but I recently experienced some examples of Chavista paranoia while working near the Venezuelan border that has changed my thinking.

This guy is genuinely pissing-his-pants scared of the US, and it might just be a matter of time before his fear drives him to create a self-fulfilling prophecy....

Tubbs · 07-22-2007, 20:21

Wow...
The crack must be really good down there.