Cuba Drone Threat: 90 Miles from U.S. Soil
U.S. intelligence confirms the Cuba drone threat is real and growing.
Cuba has stockpiled over 300 attack drones — supplied by Russia and Iran since 2023 — and has discussed striking Guantanamo Bay, U.S. naval vessels, and even Key West.
These are not hobbyist drones.
U.S. officials describe them as attack drones of “varying capabilities,” hidden in strategic locations across the island.
A senior U.S. official told Axios: “When we think about those types of technologies being that close, and a range of bad actors from terror groups to drug cartels to Iranians to the Russians, it’s concerning. It’s a growing threat.”
And it is not static — within the past month, Cuban officials have actively sought additional military equipment from Moscow.
The regime is not standing still. It is accelerating.
Ratcliffe in Havana: Cuba is selling its sons to Putin
CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew directly to Havana last week with a blunt message: dismantle the communist government or face consequences.
A CIA official confirmed that “Cuba can no longer serve as a platform for adversaries to advance hostile agendas in our hemisphere.”
The Trump administration is applying maximum pressure — and this time it means it.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez (@BrunoRguezP) responded on X, accusing Washington of building a “fraudulent case” against the Cuban people.
Words from a regime that sends its own soldiers into Putin’s meat grinder in Ukraine — up to 5,000 Cuban troops, paid roughly $25,000 per soldier by Moscow.
Think about that. The Castro-Díaz-Canel regime is literally selling Cuban lives to Russia for cash. These soldiers are not volunteers fighting for a cause. They are pawns — trained in Iranian battlefield tactics, blooded in a European war, and eventually returning home with combat experience.
A senior U.S. official put it plainly: “They’re part of the Putin meat grinder. They’re learning about Iranian tactics. It’s something we have to plan for.” This is not Cold War nostalgia. This is a live threat evolving in real time.
Raúl Castro Indictment Coming
The DOJ is now preparing to indict former Cuban President Raúl Castro, tied to the 1996 shootdown of four planes from the Brothers to the Rescue exile group.
Four innocent people were murdered. Thirty years later, justice may finally arrive.
The Cuba drone threat does not exist in a vacuum — it is part of a wider Russia-Iran-Cuba axis operating 90 miles from American soil.
The Trump doctrine is clear: the Western Hemisphere is not our adversaries’ playground.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (@MarcoRubio) said it directly: “This is the Western Hemisphere. This is where we live — and we’re not going to allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors, and rivals of the United States.”
That applies to Venezuela. It applies to Nicaragua. And it absolutely applies to Cuba.
The Castro-Díaz-Canel regime has made its choice — aligning with Moscow, hosting Tehran, and pointing drones at American soil.
There are consequences for that choice. The Cuban people deserve better than a government that sells their sons to foreign wars and aims weapons at their neighbors.
We believe that freedom will come to Cuba — it is only a matter of time. Regimes built on fear and foreign dependency do not last forever. The Cuban people have suffered long enough.
Strength and truth always defeat tyranny. 🇺🇸💥 #AmericaFirst #Cuba #LatinAmerica
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