Cold War 2.0: Pentagon On Full Alert As Russian Warships Enter Havana Harbor

The Pentagon is on full alert after Russian warships have made their way into Cuba’s harbor.

A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and a Russian navy frigate entered a harbor in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday.

U.S. officials have stated that the warships pose no threat, but the Pentagon remains on full alert.

The Russian vessels made their way to Cuba to perform “high-precision missile weapons” training in the Atlantic Ocean.

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The US Navy dispatched ships and aircraft to track Russian warships that sailed 25 miles off the South Florida coast en route to Cuba.

According to the Kremlin, the Russian Ships… https://t.co/8fJ7FDncAG pic.twitter.com/f8HxMzRuZY

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 12, 2024

Apprehensions continue in the US military as Russian nuclear submarines are somewhere near Cuba, close to Florida. USA and Canada both are now tracking the Russian submarines / vessels with their warships.#BREAKING #Canada #Russia #UKRAINE pic.twitter.com/hB8bCSTJNo

— Target Reporter (@Target_Reporter) June 11, 2024

Russia just made landing in Havana Harbor for a military exercise, as someone located in Miami it’s definitely too close for my comfort 😂https://t.co/UwlZviIt3x

— Andrew Mudd (@itsandymudd) June 12, 2024

Check out what Reuters reported:

A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbor on Wednesday, a stopover the U.S. and Cuba said posed no threat but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war.

Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon seafront boulevard under gray skies to welcome the ships as they passed the 400-year old Morro castle at the harbor’s entrance.

Cuba – a long-time ally of Russia – saluted the ships’ arrival with cannon fire from the harbor, while Russian diplomats waved small Russian flags and took selfies as the vessels passed the harbor’s historic fortresses.

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate, and later the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, half submerged with its crew on deck, were accompanied by a tugboat and fuel ship that had arrived earlier in the morning.

The four Russian vessels sailed to Cuba on Wednesday after conducting “high-precision missile weapons” training in the Atlantic Ocean, Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday.

🚨 Russian warships have docked in Havana harbor, just 90 miles from U.S. soil, escalating tensions to a level beyond the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to former U.S. Marine Scott Ritter. 🚨 Are these developments pushing us towards a full-scale war? #Russia #Putin pic.twitter.com/kUwNjYZWw3

— Redacted (@TheRedactedInc) June 12, 2024

Per CNN:

A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies.

Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov – the first of a four-ship convoy – fired a 21-gun salute after entering Havana harbor, which was answered by the Cubans with cannon fire from an 18th-century colonial fort built by the Spanish to guard the port.

The Gorshkov is one of the Russian Navy’s most modern ships, and was followed by the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, a rescue tug, and an oil tanker.

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Onlookers and fishermen lined the seafront to watch the vessels arrive in the harbor. A CNN team on the ground saw members of the small Russian community in Cuba and Russian diplomats carrying national flags to welcome the crews.