Russia can return to "to heat" the cold war
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- 07 / 22 / 2008
It was not clear whether he meant permanently basing the bombers in Cuba or using the island as a refuelling stop, but former top defence ministry official Leonid Ivashov said Cuba was best used for brief stopovers.
Cuba should be used "not as a permanent base - this is unnecessary - but as a stopover airfield, a refuelling stop," Ivashov was quoted as saying.
Starting long-range bomber flights to Cuba would signal a reawakening of military cooperation by former Cold War allies Moscow and Havana.
(www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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