World Russia deploys Kazan Yasen-class nuclear submarine to Cuba near the United States borders.

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Date of Event: Jun 6, 2024 Source : https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/americas/cuba-russian-ships-submarine-visit-intl-latam/index.html

Havana, CubaCNN —

A group of Russian naval ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will visit Cuba next week as part of "historically friendly relations," Cuba's government said Thursday.

The Russian "frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the fleet oil tanker Pashin, and the rescue tug Nikolai Chiker" will visit the port of Havana between June 12 and 17, according to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces in a statement published by the Foreign Ministry.

Cuba says none of the ships carry nuclear weapons and insists that their stopover does not represent a threat to the region.

"Visits by naval units from other countries are a historical practice of the revolutionary government with nations that maintain relations of friendship and collaboration," the statement added.

Moscow has not confirmed the information provided by Cuba. CNN has reached out to the Russian government for comment.


It's not the first time Russian navy ships have been sent to Cuba, a key ally to the former Soviet Union during the Cold War that briefly hosted nuclear missiles at Moscow's behest during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Last July, the Russian navy's training class ship Perekop sailed into Havana for a four-day visit.

The latest visit appears to be the largest of its kind in years.

Cuba is increasingly reliant on Russian oil and aid as the communist-run country weathers its worst economic crisis in decades.

Cuba's announcement comes days after US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes inside Russian territory with American munitions. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western countries "supplying weapons to a conflict zone is always a bad thing."

"In the end, if we see that these countries become involved in a war against us, what they are doing makes them directly involved in a war against the Russian Federation, we reserve the right to act the same way," Putin said on Wednesday.

Putin added that as a response, "we will improve our air defense systems to destroy the missiles." He also asked why Russia would "not have the right to supply our weapons of the same class to those regions of the world where there will be strikes on the sensitive facilities of those countries that are doing this against Russia?"

 

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[Old School]

[H1]Submarine Yasen-M with supersonic Zircon, Kalibr and Oniks[/H1]

 

[Lulldapull]

Super power escalation is at a peak. I doubt nuke war coming but somebody can make a mistake and consequences will be catastrophic.

 

[Old School]

[H1]US P-8 Poseidon searches for Russian sub 66 miles off Florida[/H1]
According to BulgarianMilitary.com, the Russian Navy has deployed carriers of hypersonic Zircon and Kalibr missiles to Cuba. The Pentagon is closely watching the movements of the Russian fleet. Notably, one of the carriers, the Yasen-M-class nuclear submarine Kazan, is part of this Russian deployment in Cuba.

It is for this reason, as observers claim, that yesterday the U.S. Navy launched the P-8 Poseidon "submarine hunter" into the sky. "U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon 'Sub hunter' is flying over the coast of Florida in search of a rogue Russian submarine," writes the U.S. Civil Defense News X account. "The Russian Navy nuclear submarine Kazan is 66 miles away from the Florida coast, equipped with 4,500-km Kalibr-M missiles, off the coast of Cuba!! New Cuban Missile Crisis."

bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/06/11/us-p-8-poseidon-searches-for-russian-sub-66-miles-off-florida/

 

[Old School]

[h1] The nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arrived in Cuba, today[/h1]

 

[Lulldapull]

The IRGC has bases in Havana and Caracas too. Another secret base in Nicaragua for Irani MRBMs. Lots of Irani missile boats plying the Venezuelan waters today.