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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the U.S. base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after a Russian frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue tug crossed into Havana Bay after drills in the Atlantic Ocean.

The stop is part of a “routine port visit” as the submarine travels through Southern Command’s region, it said in a social media post.

Other U.S. ships also have been tracking and monitoring the Russian drills, which Pentagon officials say do not represent a threat to the United States.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I wouldn't worry. This is the bookkeeping of naval deterrence. Neither side expects to actually fire.

There is no comparison to the Cuban Missile Crisis, except that Cuba and the navies are somehow involved.

[-] Papergeist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I was wondering if Putin is using this as an excuse so he can secretly plant nukes in Cuba and Venezuela

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

His MAD is about as strong as it needs to be. That wouldn't appreciably change the situation, so he probably wouldn't do it, and if he did the only issue would be a bit of proliferation.

I'm guessing the primary motive to send their ship in the first place was to be seen sticking it to the West somehow, domestically. The West itself won't care.

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