Venezuela's Chavez Receives Chinese Planes Armed with Missiles, Rockets and Bombs/ Venezuela recibe los primeros aviones militares comprados a China

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formally took delivery of the first four K-8W airplanes out of 18 purchased in China for military training purposes, which, however, came armed with machine guns, air-to-ground missiles, bombs and rockets, and said that this armament increases military capability for “defending the sovereignty of this sacred land and of this revolution” ( full information)/ Las Fuerzas Armadas venezolanas estrenaron ayer los primeros seis aviones de entrenamiento militar y ataque ligero K-8 de una partida de 18 adquiridos a China. Aunque el monto de esta operación no ha sido revelado, Venezuela ha gastado desde 2006 al menos 4.000 millones de dólares en armamento ( información completa)