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In the video you can see Maduro, Venezuela's President, making the official decision public. Of course, it's still to be seen if Snowden decides to go there, an
by pitiburi 13y ago
In the video you can see Maduro, Venezuela's President, making the official decision public. Of course, it's still to be seen if Snowden decides to go there, and how\when is he going to do it.
- pitiburi 13y agoHere the video (in spanish) of the announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYLpk1S7nGU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYLpk1S7nGU
- mehmehshoe 13y agoIt was very sobering translating the comments to that video. Generally the comments were "Good for us to stand up to the USA...oh shit, what did we just do?"
- nknighthb 13y agoDepends on how much money Venezuela is willing to spend on it, and how much Russia is willing to cooperate. I just plotted a path from Moscow to Venezuela that avoids non-Russian/Venezuelan airspace. It's less than 12,000km. Several modern Boeing and Airbus planes can do that non-stop.
- stfu 13y agoIn theory that could even be accomplished by the Venezuelan President's A320.
- jmspring 13y agoThe only way I see a flight being successful is to have it be a Russian airline that gets him there directly avoiding US airspace. Call me cynical, but I could see the US attempting what was done w/ Bolivia on any other smaller country...
- NonEUCitizen 13y agoCan you post this path ?
- nknighthb 13y agohttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/b3hmz55qthbg0o7/83Dri-_zQH https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b3hmz55qthbg0o7/83Dri-_zQH I doubt it's the shortest possible. I bypassed the Lesser Antilles rather than ensure I was in international airspace trying to go between them.
- caf 13y agoA great circle route from Murmansk to Caracas just touches the northern parts of Finland and Norway, and crosses Iceland. It's 9,300km long, so you should be able to modify that route to skirt those countries and stay under the 12,000km given. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=MMK-CCS&MS=wls2&DU=km http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=MMK-CCS&MS=wls2&DU=km
- NonEUCitizen 13y agoFinland and Norway might do a France/Portugal...
- kawera 13y agoThere are regular commercial flights between Moscow and Caracas.