October 27, 2008

Russia to Help Cuba with Military Air Defense

Reuters is reporting:


Russia will offer to share its air defence expertise with Cuba when a military delegation visits the Caribbean island this week, Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

A Russian officer takes a picture of a TU-95 bomber, or Bear, at a military airbase in …More Enlarge photo

"The Russian and Cuban military will exchange experience in organising tactical air defence and in training officers," Interfax quoted Russian Land Forces spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

The two sides will "discuss the prospect of training Cuban servicemen at the tactical air defence academies and training centres in Russia, using upgraded Russian-made military hardware," Interfax quoted him as saying.

The delegation, led by the chief of Russia's tactical air defence headquarters, Lieutenant General Alexander Maslov, will also look at "ways to strengthen relations between the Russian armed forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba," Konashenkov was quoted as saying.

The delegation will be in Cuba from Monday until November 3, Konashenkov was quoted as saying. Reuters could not immediately reach Konashenkov for comment.

In 1962, Cuba became the focus of the deepest crisis of the Cold War after the Soviet Union installed missiles there, prompting a standoff with Washington. The island's government remains hostile to the United States.

In the past few months, Moscow has stepped up contacts with both Cuba and Venezuela, another South American critic of the United States.

(Reporting by Conor Sweeney; Editing by Caroline Drees)

Yep, these are nice people we need to sit down with without any preconditions folks.They want to be our friends.

Horsesh*t!

Posted by Cigar Mike at October 27, 2008 09:50 AM

Comments

Where is Bush? Isn't this his Missile crisis?

Posted by: honey [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2008 11:00 AM

I guess he's leaving it for the next dude who moves into the white house.

Posted by: Cigar Mike Pancier [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2008 11:08 AM

They're already helping Venezuela and now Cuba. Let's hope the Carribean doesn't become Russia's sphere of influence!

Posted by: j2tharome [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2008 12:11 PM

Testing...Testing 1, 2...

Posted by: Gusano [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2008 01:13 PM

And the One will let it all happen, because this was all in the plans from the beginning.

Posted by: [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2008 03:18 PM


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