Russia Dispatching Blackjack Bombers to Venezuela

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Venezuelans might.
They could sell them for scrap, if left unguarded.
Venezuelans need the money.

Money hasn't been real since the 1930s when Gold standard was abolished.

 

[nahtanbob]

So what? Chinese shot protestors. Tian An Men. Americans did shit.

what are we doing ? comparing Venezuela to china

 

[PeaceGen]

Russia is deploying nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bombers to Venezuela this week as part of an increasingly provocative pattern of bomber training flights, according to American defense officials.

At least two Blackjacks will fly from a strategic forces air base in Russia to Venezuela as part of a series of training exercises that will include long-range refueling, said officials familiar with Russian plans for the flight.

The bomber foray to South America will be Russia's seventh training flight for Blackjack bombers in the past three months.

Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon official and specialist on the Russian military, said Tu-160 flights are unusual and increasing.

"There were six announced Tu-160 flights of the ‘provocative' type during the last three months, which is a lot," Schneider said.

The most recent incident took place near Norway in late October when Tu-160s were shadowed by British and Norwegian jet fighters over the Barents Sea.

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https://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-dispatching-blackjack-bombers-venezuela/

The Russians had a weapon that might be able to penetrate western anti-nuclear defenses.
Thank you for putting it on our agenda, and making it internationally acceptable, to be developing an effective counter against this weapon of yours.

Sometimes a bit of arms-race is unavoidable.
And i can imagine the Russians wanting to develop something as "pretty" as this thing.