. the Department of defense considered three words of the US Ambassador in Colombia Kevin Whitaker on the Tu-160, said the official representative of Department major General Igor Konashenkov. Whitaker gave a comparison Came to Venezuela the Russian aircraft " Museum pieces ". He drew attention that the US and other NATO countries is not even comparable counterparts, the Tu-160. According to Konashenkov, "if you compare the strategic bomber Tu-160 with a" Museum exhibit ", it is only to admire this masterpiece of Russian engineering thought in the field of aviation the envy of the Russian enemies ". in the current decade to Venezuela at the invitation of the local authorities arrived, two strategic missile Tu-160 heavy military transport aircraft an-124 and long-haul Il-62 Russian aerospace defence forces. United States and Organization of American States revealed that such a military mission violates the country's Constitution and may be " fundamental rules of international law ". According to the Minister of defense of Venezuela Vladimir Padrino lцЁpez, General flights are designed to prepare the country for protection against any possible aggression. The head of the country Nicolas Maduro said that the visits of military aircraft of other countries will continue. <span style="color:darkgray