Cuban Missile crisis 2.0
With the recent Russian deployment of new air-defense systems to Venezuela including Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E batteries to reinforce the existing S-300VM (Antey-2500) they could mount a formattable defense should the US become more aggressive.
Russia "ready" to help Venezuela military
Russia is “ready” to help Venezuela as the U.S. beefs up its military presence near the South American nation, Russia’s foreign minister said.
Caracas and Moscow signed a strategic partnership in May. The Kremlin is “ready to fully act within the framework of the obligations that were mutually stipulated in this agreement with our Venezuelan friends,” Sergey Lavrov said in comments reported by Russian state media on Tuesday.
Russia and Venezuela have long-standing diplomatic, economic and military ties stretching back to Venezuela’s former leader, Hugo Chávez. A factory to pump out Kalashnikov munitions opened in Venezuela in July and a Russian cargo aircraft, sanctioned by the U.S. and known for transporting defense equipment to Venezuela, landed in the country late last month, according to flight records.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-ready-to-help-venezuela-military/ar-AA1QiUNa?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6914ed74a3bd48f4be698bf5b923ce2f&ei=52
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With what?
This could awaken the ghost of Bolivar. That would be more of an issue. 