-------------------------------------------------------- http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=46129 Business Published: Sunday, September 25, 2005 Bylined to: Yury Nikolayev RIA Novosti: Venezuela's Navy considers buying Russian submarines RIA Novosti's Yury Nikolayev writes: Venezuela intends to consider buying Russian Amur-class submarines, the country's Navy said. Vice Admiral Jose Laguna, the (Venezuelan) Navy's commander-in-chief, will discuss this issue during his upcoming visit to Russia. Laguna intends to go to sea onboard an Amur-class diesel-electric submarine to inspect its tactical and technical characteristics. Venezuela is set to buy three new generation submarines to replace German Type 209 submarines. Venezuela is holding a tender on the purchase of submarines. German Type 212/214 submarines and French-Spanish Scorpio submarines are also bidding for the tender. Vice Admiral Laguna said the Venezuelan Navy would choose a submarine that has the best tactical and technical characteristics and is easy to train personnel. Amur-class submarines have the new Club-S antiship weapon system. This system enables the submarine to fire Club-S missiles, as well as torpedoes, from ten torpedo tubes in the bow. -- http://cyberjournal.org "Apocalypse Now and the Brave New World" http://www.cyberjournal.org/cj/rkm/Apocalypse_and_NWO.html List archives: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?lists=newslog Subscribe to low-traffic list: •••@••.•••
