Knowing or not knowing about the 052C has no bearing on this discussion. I am not a nautical guy. Ships should float, that is about all I know. I don’t see the intake descriptions you indicated on that photo and did we really prove the ICBM to be that?

Sure?

Really if anything China has is nothing, why all the panic? If you’re trying to convince the believers otherwise, why do the hell do you care? So they get egg on their faces if they’re wrong. But somehow you’re still upset at something.

IMO, I have no idea what it is but it ain’t no L-15. That’s just wishful thinking hiding behind the police state mentality as an excuse that they wouldn’t do that.

If you have no idea what it is, how do you know it’s not an L-15? We have no idea what could be under the tarp. It’s possible a chinese copy of the F-35 may be underneath, but I’ll wait for a better pic before going there.

There is a zoom capability that many cameras and cellphones have. I’d bet $$$ that if someone saw the photographer taking the picture, there would be an issue. The picture doesn’t provide enough detail for any intelligent perspective on security. I do not believe every picture I see on the Internet. I know some folks that can make anything look real with Photoshop. Given that, I am skeptical about what I see and can spot most fakes. I never heard of the 052C. Do you mean the ship?

I don’t think the Indian T-50s will wind-up with that color scheme. I bet they’ll go with the boring grey they have applied to everything else and toned-down roundels. I don’t see Greece operating the T-50, ever.

Surely the Venezuelans can not afford to give away F-16 airframes so easily?
Isn’t the type under embargo from the USA? Surely Venezuela needs to hang on to every F-16 and, more importantly, the spare parts that they contain, to keep their F-16 fleet flying?:confused:

The F-16 is not the only big stick in AMBV inventory. They have the Su-30 in similar numbers.

F-16 inside of a Boeing 707?

How did they fit an F-16, even disassembled, inside of a Boeing 707? I have been inside the 707 combis and can’t even see how the fuselage of an F-16 would fit let alone each wing. They would really have to break the aircraft down into very small pieces for this to happen. Why not use a C-130 or an Il-76? I am sure Mr. Chavez can get his hands on a non-descript Il-76.