Chavez: Russian jets can repel attack on Venezuela
Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2008
Venezuela’s Chavez says he’s beefing up military with Russian jets to resist US attack
3rd August, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says 24 Sukhoi fighter jets have been delivered to Venezuela — and are ready to defend his country from “imperialist” aggressions.
Chavez claims the U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet poses a threat to Venezuela, and he’s vowing to push forward with a multibillion-dollar arms buildup aimed at dissuading a possible U.S. military strike.
“They’re for defensive purposes, we’re not going to attack anybody,” Chavez said Sunday of the Russian-made jets.
The Fourth Fleet was active during World War II but was dissolved in 1950. The U.S. Navy announced it would re-establish the fleet to direct naval forces in the Caribbean and Latin America.
U.S. officials deny Washington has designs on Venezuela.
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