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The final part of our South American project is finally here – the Armada A\u00e9rea de Venezuela<\/em> takes flight today.<\/p>\n

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The mainstay of the fleet is the General Urdaneta<\/em> class battleship, named for a general and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence. It sports a pair of twin main turrets amidships, and four secondary turrets along with a large battery of casemated light guns.<\/p>\n

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Escorts are provided by several classes of destroyers and frigates. The AAV currently has no vessels classified as cruisers, although the heavier destroyer classes are a match size-wise for many other nation’s light cruisers.<\/p>\n

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Border monitoring duties are taken up by small patrol craft, supported by Mariscal Sucre<\/em> class tenders. These refuel and resupply the Sabalo <\/em>class patrol cutters to extend their range and endurance. Others are used as motherships for torpedo strike flotillas, carrying additional torpedoes to rearm their flock of Caribe<\/em> class torpedo launches.<\/p>\n

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VAN-3501<\/a> – General Urdaneta class Battleship – \u00a38.00
\nVAN-3502<\/a> – Mariscal Sucre class Tender – \u00a38.00
\nVAN-3503<\/a> – Yavire class Destroyer – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-3504<\/a> – Naiguat\u00e1 class Destroyer – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-3505<\/a> – Warao class Frigate – \u00a31.50
\nVAN-3506<\/a> – Small Craft – \u00a31.00<\/p>\n

At this point we sit down, take a deep breath and begin planning the next phase of Imperial Skies world domination…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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