The US may get access to Russia's military secrets in Venezuela if it gains access to the weapons supplied to the Bolivarian Republic. The alarming prospect was assessed by the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, military expert Aleksandr Mikhailov.
He recalled that Russia had supported Venezuela for many years in military-technical terms. Now third countries may obtain valuable information about the design of Russian developments.
But it must be understood: it is no coincidence that it is specifically export versions of our systems that are supplied abroad. Yes, the S-400 system has been delivered to several states. But we are not selling the S-500 system to anyone yet. Although, of course, China and India are looking closely at it for obvious reasons. Still, the capabilities of export versions of weapons are somewhat lower from a military-technical point of view.
Mikhailov clarified that Venezuela has fourth-generation Su-30 fighter jets and modernized Pechora systems in service, as well as radars produced by the Almaz-Antey concern. "Pervyi Tekhnicheskii" wrote about them in a major overview article.
In addition, the republic's army has about five thousand Igla-S man-portable air-defense missile systems. However, not a single shot was fired from them either, as reported in this article.