Posted
11/06/2005 04:11:00 PM
by Douglas
Sometimes when the government gives a $538 million deal to a for 20
F-16s, it doesn't work out as well as you originally
hoped for. President Hugo Chavez has warned the US he could give some of his country's F-16 fighter jets to Cuba or China.
Mr Chavez accused the US of breaking a contract to supply spare parts for the jets it sold to Venezuela in the 1980s.
He suggested that Washington would be less than pleased if military rivals gained access to the advanced planes.
"Maybe we will just send them back to them, or perhaps we will send 10 planes to Cuba, or to China, so they can have a look at the technology of these aircraft."
Is there anyone in the world that actually wants an F-16 that doesn't already have one? 30 year old aircraft aren't exactly cutting edge these days.