{"id":83513,"date":"2018-12-15T15:43:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T19:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83513"},"modified":"2018-12-15T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T19:47:37","slug":"moscow-to-set-up-military-base-in-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83513","title":{"rendered":"Moscow To Set Up Military Base In Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tuTU-160 ‘Blackjack’
\nImage by Rob Schleiffert
\nText by L Todd Wood<\/p>\n

Vlad’s setting up shop in Venezuela, as if those poor folks didn’t have enough trouble already. Manning a base on an island in ‘our’ pond, the Caribbean, won’t set well at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This is pretty obvious gamesmanship, with our excursions into the Black Sea, backing the Ukraine and stepping away from an antiquated nuclear arms treaty. <\/p>\n

Russia has decided to develop a long-term military presence in the Caribbean in conjunction with the socialist nation of Venezuela, on one of its islands in the Caribbean Sea. The move seems to be a response to the Trump administration\u2019s decision to pull out of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The recent flights of Russian Tu-160 long-range nuclear bombers are part of this effort. <\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to military envoys, Russian authorities have made a decision (and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro did not object) to deploy strategic aircraft to one of Venezuela\u2019s islands in the Caribbean Sea, which has a naval base and a military airfield. Ten years ago, Russian experts and Armed Forces commanders had already visited the island of La Orchila, located 200 kilometers northeast of Caracas. Venezuelan laws prohibit the setup of military bases in the country, but a temporary deployment of warplanes is possible,\u201d reported Russian state news agency TASS. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrival of Russia\u2019s Tu-160 strategic bombers to Central America is kind of a signal to Trump to make him realize that abandoning nuclear disarmament treaties will have a boomerang effect,\u201d added another Russian military expert. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Your move, Mr. President.<\/p>\n

Read the entire article at: Tsarizm, tovarich.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tip of the chapeau to Poetrooper for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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