Joint Venezuela-Russian naval exercises

[fusu]

Drill Over, on to Panama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7764592.stm

I guess, curiously, the drill was supposed to last three days but parties called it off after just one.

Insights?

 

[Bevo16]

I guess, curiously, the drill was supposed to last three days but parties called it off after just one.

Insights?

They suck.

The trip was not really about the drills anyway. It was about sight seeing and showing the flag.

It's comical really. They tried to rattle their sabre, but the damn thing is rusted into the scabbard.

 

[LoneSailor]

Keep your warship off my Monroe doctrine!

Update

I found this to be funny:

"U.S. officials have mocked the Russian show of force, saying that the Russian navy is a shadow of Moscow's Soviet-era fleet and suggesting that the U.S. retains far more influence in the region than Russia.

"Are they accompanied by tugboats this time?" U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack joked to reporters in Washington last week ahead of the Russian ships' arrival off Venezuela. {Brietbart.com)"

 

[Gatordev]

A buddy of mine may be going opposite direction with one of the ships "soon." I may try and ask him to grab a picture.

 

[BlackBearHockey]

On to Cuba