I think everyone should. While all eyes are firmly locked on the Middle East and the Pacific something is brewing in Central and S. America that will catch us all by surprise unless we're proactive.
A trickle of weapons sales has turned into a full blown arms race and Europe, Russia, China and the US all are trying to setup proxy states to advance their interests.
The latest chess move in the region is being made by Venezuela. Two battalions of T-72B1 tanks is nothing to sneeze at. This via Forcas Terres Res.
During the celebration of 191 anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo Day and the army of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez said his country this year will acquire an additional lot of the main battle tank T-72B1, Russian-made.If a surprise war is possible, then it'll happen in S. America...not the Middle East.
Then, in order to continue the process of equipping the Armed Forces, Venezuela and Russia will sign a credit to values close to 4 billion U.S. dollars, for which he was dispatched to Moscow Deputy Minister of International Relations Temir Rojas, accompanied by an official delegation.
The intention of the government of this country this year is to have enough material to provide two new battalions equipped with the MBT, with the technical and military cooperation of the Russian Federation.
