Excellent work Dave! Excellent! Now, figure a combat radius of 500 km. That leaves reasonable time-over-target for actual combat loiter before return to base becomes mandatory. Draw a 500 km circle from say 50 km inside northernmost points of Peruvian border. Now you have your combat radius which includes FARC territory, obviously. But what else? Old enemy Ecuador is in reach. So, after expenditure of about $75 million or so and commitment to maintain, train pilots and fly, Peru is telling us that it will be a surrogate executioner of FARC and indigs. That puts Peru, which just shaved and took a bath by releasing Berenson, in bed with old time CIA ally, Argentina. Brazil, Chile and Venezuela are moving in the opposite direction. I think Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay (Ich bin ein Paraguayan!) are also givens in the U.S. camp. The money and economic power, as well as the ideological power are in Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and, of course Colombia. Remember that CIA controlled Brazil perfectly in 1964 by overthrowing Goulart. This is Rocky's home turf. I read the keys to success or failure of Plan Colombia as Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. OK Al, the ball's in your court. I'm still trying to finish a newsletter. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Dave Hartley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] SU-25 Frogfoot Ground support / attack. Su-25, Sukhoi 'Frogfoot' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Heavily armoured attack and anti-tank aircraft. The Su-25 is a well-armoured aircraft, capable of carrying a large load under its shoulder-placed wing. Compared to its US counterpart, the A-10, it is faster and more agile. The Su-25 saw combat in Afghanistan, and experience there led to major improvements. A navalized version was built for the large carriers. Late models have more powerful R-195 engines. This Ground-Attack plane , the A-10 soviet in a way, constitute for the soviet strength a real bomb truck... The development of the Su-25 started at the end of years 60 by the Sukho� office when needs in Ground-Attack planes had himself felt cruelly. The first produced units fell to pick indeed for the red army that able to directly put them in service to sides of the Mi-24 " hind " in missions of destruction of armored and of bombing at the time of the war of Afghanistan. In 1984 losses to the fight of the Su-25 began to become pr�ocuping ? ... A new project of Frogfoot was launched therefore in the goal to fill his main hiatuses: limited survivability, lack of all-weather capacity, insufficient action radius and avionics limits. This new model was developed from the two-seater version for reasons of space. This Su-25T again called Su-34 took air for the first time the 17/08/1984. As to the habit at Sukho�, it exists a big number of versions of the Frogfoot. The Su-25 " Frogfoot-A " is the first of the one-seater versions able to carry away 6 400 kg of bombs. His version of export is designated Su-25K. The Su-25UB " Frogfoot-Bs " are the version in tandem of practice. His version of export is the Su-25UBK. The Su-25UT " Frogfoot-B " are the same version that the Su-25 UBS but destitute of arming and rebaptis� Su-28. The Su-25UTG (G as Gak : landing (crosse) is an identical version to the UT but provided this time of a langing (crosse) for use on aircraft carrier. The Su-25T is a version identical one-seater in his structure at Su-25UT intended to the attack anti-tank that specified higher how has been modernized entirely and improven. His version of export is the Su-25TK. The Su-25BM is a version of target tow and the Su-34 is the new designation of the Su-25T. Engineers pulled in particular for this greatly gone version of teachings of the Afghan war his survivability in intense anti-aircraft environment. The Frogfoot has been produced to more of 330 copies and his users are Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Iraq, ex-Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan. Main versions: Su-25 " Frogfoot-A ": One-seater initial version. Su-25K: Version of export of the Su-25A. Su-25UB " Frogfoot-B ": Two-seater training version. Su-25UBK: Version of export of the Su-25UB. Su-25UTG: Version endowed of a landing (crosse). Su-25TP: Version in maritime attack development. Su-25T/Su-34: Modernized version and improven. Su-25TK: Version of export of the Su-25T. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Su-25 was designed as a low level attack aircraft used in support of ground forces, much like the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Titanium, 24 mm thick, is used to protect the cockpit and other vital components from ground fire, while the internal fuel tanks are lined with a special foam to help protect against explosion. A two-seat variant was later designed as the Su-25UB, and an un-armed version was built - the Su-25UT, which later became the Su-28. Poor combat performance of the Su-25 in Afghanistan led to a much improved 'Frogfoot', named the Su-39. Designed from the Su-25UB, the Su-39 included wing-tip ECM pods, chaff/flare dispensers, IR jammer, and a new navigation and attack system which provided fully automatic weapon selection and release. Prime contractor: Sukhoi Design Bureau Nation of origin: Russia Function: Attack Crew: 1 In-service year: 1978 Engine: Two Tumansky R-195 non-afterburning turbofans, 9,921 lb thrust each Wing span: 14.36 m / 47 ft 2 in Length: 15.53 m / 50 ft 2 in Height: 4.8 m / 15 ft 9 in Weight: 20,950 lb empty / 38,800 lb max. take off Ceiling: 22,965 ft Speed: @ attack speed: 690 km/h / 428 mph @ max. sea level: 975 km/h / 606 mph Range: 1,250 km / 777 miles Armament: One AO-17A 30mm twin-barrel cannon with 250 rounds, plus 9,700 lb including Kh-23/25/29 ASMs, laser-guided bombs, cluster bombs, S-5 57mm rockets, S-8 80mm rockets, S-24 240mm rockets, S-25 330mm rockets, Gsh-23 23mm twin-barrel gun pods with 260 rounds each, R-3S/60 AAMs, or four fuel tanks on ten external points Type: Su-25 'Frogfoot-A' Function: attack Year: 1978 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 4100kg Tumansky R-95Sh Wing Span: 14.36 m Length: 15.53 m Height: 4.80 m Wing Area: 30.10 m2 Max.Weight: 17600 kg Speed: 970 km/h Ceiling: 7000 m Range: 1250 km Armament: 1*g30 mm (250rpg), 4400 kg Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ruppert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 12:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [CIA-DRUGS] FW: Peru military court voids Lori Berenson life sentence This was a good will gesture for the press. My takes is that Montessino and ol Fujimori are trying to look "kinder and gentler" before they unleash the dogs of war. Thank God Lori will be home soon. She's a brave kid. Someone who has the time needs to research the ground attack capabilities of the SU 25. Peru just bought 18. Is it air superiority or combined ground attack? It's coming down fast now. Mike Ruppert -----Original Message----- From: Dave Hartley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:50 PM To: Cia-Drugs Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] FW: Peru military court voids Lori Berenson life sentence Agence France Presse Peru revokes sentence of US citizen Lori Berenson LIMA, Aug 28 (AFP) - Peru's military court on Monday revoked the life sentence of US national Lori Berenson, jailed in 1996 for involvement with leftist rebels, saying she would be given a new trial in civilian court. Peru's supreme military court said in a statement it had accepted an appeal presented by Berenson's defense and declared a verdict of high treason delivered by a military tribunal null and void. ========================= Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">BTW: Did you buy that new car yet? If not, check this site out. They're called CarsDirect.com and it's a pretty sweet way to buy a car. </FONT><A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/6847/6/_/475667/_/967532551/"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_->
