[NYTr] el Universal: Venezuela May Shoot Down Unidentified Aircraft
 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:13:55 -0500 (CDT)


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Bloomberg - July 12, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=ai7zZwS.HOUM&refer=latin_america

Venezuela May Shoot Down Unidentified Aircraft, Universal Says

By Theresa Bradley

Venezuelan lawmakers drafted a decree that would allow the country's
armed forces to shoot down any unidentified airplanes entering the
nation's airspace, El Universal reported, citing congressman Juan
Mendoza, vice- president of a Ministry of Defense legislative committee
Ministry of Defense.

The Airspace Control Law, part of a package of laws President Hugo
Chavez may decree in the next 12 months, would also provide $220
million for 13 Italian- and Chinese-made radar systems to intercept
unidentified planes, including those carrying illegal drugs through
Venezuela, the newspaper said.

Five of the radar systems have already been installed and will form
part of a single network to monitor Venezuelan air and sea territory as
early as next year, the newspaper said.

The U.S., Colombia, Peru, and European Union already have laws that
allow them to intercept unidentified planes, Mendoza said, according to
El Universal. 
       
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