Official: Cuba, Venezuela May Host Russian Strategic Bombers

[TheSarge]

MOSCOW  —  A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported.

The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said Cuba could be used to base the aircraft, Interfax reported.

The Kremlin, however, said the situation was hypothetical.

"The military is speaking about technical possibilities, that's all," Alexei Pavlov, a Kremlin official, told the Associated Press. "If there will be a development of the situation, then we can comment," he said.

Zhikharev said Chavez had offered "a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers," the agency reported. "If there is a corresponding political decision, then the use of the island ... by the Russian Air Force is possible."

Interfax reported he said earlier that Cuba has air bases with four or five runways long enough for the huge bombers and could be used to host the long-range planes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509203,00.html

[NHSparky]

Hmmmmm...still a helluva reach, even for Bear bombers.  But I guess "Teh Wun" is realizing Chavez and Castro aren't exactly warming to the US after all, are they?

[DumbAss Tanker]

Sounds like a white elephant gift to me.

[RebelHeart]

Little too close for my taste. Is osama i mean obama going to fight it?

[Mr Mannn]

Little too close for my taste. Is osama i mean obama going to fight it?

I doubt that he has the guts to do it.
BUT
is he did, he would screw even that up. Bay of Pigs II. Carter's Desert Rescue II.

Libs have such a wonderful record of protecting this country. Zero even proposed cutting the US nuclear arsenal down to a mere 1000 warheads.

Mr Mannn's guess. Obama will counter this Russian move by showing we are peaceful at heart. He will disarm our military, and destroy any ability to defend the US with anti-missile technology. In his fevered brain, that will show we are no threat to the Ruskies and they will stand down.
Obama will be the most surprised man in America when nukes rain down upon our heads.

Yes, Obama IS that stupid.

[AllosaursRus]

Lord, we are in big trouble! Ya think this pussie will even complain?

[Sam Adams]

Another test for Obama. I guess Biden was right. I am not optimistic. Maybe Hillary has some ideas about what to do.

[Bluesuiter-Retired]

Lets hope that "the messiah" doesn't cut the budget in the NRO before they get a chance to minutely grid out the airfields and ports and the targeting folks can establish GPS points for every viable target worthy of a 2,000 pounder.

If the B-2s have to go in, they should go in with everything in the inventory for a simultaneous weapons drop so every target gets hit within a one time time frame.  They won't know what hit them.