Russia weighs Cuba, Venezuela bases for bombers: report
Posted on March 16th, 2009
Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2009
Russia could use bases for its strategic bombers on the doorstep of the United States in Cuba and Venezuela to underpin long-distance patrols in the region, a senior air force officer said Saturday.
“This is possible in Cuba,” General Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of the Russian air force’s strategic aviation staff, told the Interfax-AVN military news agency.
The comments were the latest signal that Moscow intends to project its military capability in far-flung corners of the globe …
www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_weighs_Cuba_Venezuela_bases_for_bombers_report_999.html
