Buying US made arms endangers national security of a buyer

An important contribution to strengthening Venezuelan defense would be procuring Russian made air defense systems. Air defense systems made in Russia traditionally surpass their foreign matches. Recently the specific share of the air defense complexes in the total volume of Russia’s military export has been considerably growing. Partially wide scale use of the cruise missiles by the US in the past decade helps this growth.

Some experts believe that the first step between Moscow and Caracas in the field of air defense could be complexes Tor-М1. Others think that Hugo Chavez should start with the shore based anti-ship and air defense systems. It is tempting to predict that Venezuela will have to buy both if it pursues a policy independent of the United State of America.

Yuri Seleznev

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