Russian rockets....in South Korea?!

"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message ...

...For the same reasons the US wasn't happy, either: the sole reason
the Soviets bothered with Vietnam wasn't to help out a "fellow
communist nation protect its sovreignty", but to secure a warm water
port when it was all said and done.

Now they have one: Auckland.

"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
...
Which we built, (Cam Ranh Bay) and which they eventually got. For a
short time. It didn't do tham a damned bit of good, and they couldn't
make the rent. (The locals referred to the Soviets as "Americans
without money") In an interesting bit of irony, Vietnam has offered
us the use of Cam Ranh Bay as a replacement for the facilities lost in
the Philippines when Mount Pinatubo served its Eviction Notice.
Yankee come back!

I think more accurately, "Dollar come back!" :-)


--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

Which we built, (Cam Ranh Bay) and which they eventually got. For a
short time. It didn't do tham a damned bit of good, and they couldn't
make the rent. (The locals referred to the Soviets as "Americans
without money") In an interesting bit of irony, Vietnam has offered
us the use of Cam Ranh Bay as a replacement for the facilities lost in
the Philippines when Mount Pinatubo served its Eviction Notice.
Yankee come back!


Guess they were not Red Sox fans.... :-)