Arms contracts with Venezuela

Venezuela buy Sukhoi-35 fighter jets


Venezuela would be one of the next international customers Russian fighter Sukhoi Su-35, as stated Konstantin Makiyenko, deputy director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, based in Moscow, RIA Novosti agency.

"The export growth Russian fighter aircraft depend mainly on new contracts for the Su-35 fighter," said Makiyenko. He said that China plans to buy initially 24 aircraft and "it is possible that more and then buy a license for their production", because they "have difficulty copying an aircraft like the Su-35", as it did with the Su-27. He added that, in the future, also Vietnam, Indonesia and possibly Venezuela can buy lots of important Russian warplanes.

It is recalled that in July 2012, the late President Hugo Chavez announced that it was negotiating with Russia the future purchase of Sukhoi fighter jets Su-35.

The Su-35 is a multipurpose fighter 4th car. generation "plus plus", which can reach a maximum speed of 2,500 km / h. Its range is 3,600 km and 4,500 km with external tanks. It has a barrel GSh-301 30 mm and can accommodate eight tons of weapons charge.

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Venezuela is considering the purchase of a new batch of fighter jets manufactured by the Russian firm Sukhoi fleet to reinforce the Venezuelan Military Aviation, announced the Minister of Popular Power for Defense, Admiral Chief Carmen Melendez Rivas, told reviewed by the private channel Venevision.

The minister did not specify the model under consideration. In this regard, we must remember that the Venezuelan Military Aviation account in your inventory with 24 Sukhoi Su-30MK2 aircraft, distributed in equal amounts in all air groups Game No. 11 and No. 13. And in order to raise to 18 units manning each of the two groups, several years ago intending to purchase twelve additional Su-30MK2 was announced; however, that purchase did not materialize

More recently, in July 2012, Venezuela formalized before the Russian government an application to acquire combat aircraft Sukhoi Su-35, whose current contents and state has not had more information.

Venezuela's interest in the fourth-generation fighter Multipurpose + + (or "fourth generation plus plus") dates back to 2006. Moreover, in recent months has transcended information from reliable sources, negotiations with the French authorities for the acquisition of 24 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft.
Source: infodefensa.com
Photo; André Austin Du-Pont Rocha