May I get some fellow anons to chime in on this. I sense something fishy about this reporting. Thank you.

For the first time not only in its recent history, but also since the days of the USSR, Moscow is able to take such a step. Let me remind you, during the Cuban missile crisis, strategic weapons in Cuba were never deployed by agreement with Washington: in exchange for refusing to install missiles in Turkey.

The American media, and politicians, reacted hysterically, saying that in fact the S-400 air defense would pose a threat not to US military aircraft, but to civil aviation. Well, their statements are very clear and not surprising. It is unlikely that the Americans would say the opposite. But let’s figure out what will happen in practice.

S-400, located in Cuba, overlap two US bases: Homestead Air Base and Key West Naval Station . They are located on the other side of the Gulf of Mexico: in Florida.

The more “powerful” of them is Homestead , which houses about 50 aircraft of the F-15 and F-16 type , which belong to 4th generation aircraft. These vehicles can be destroyed without problems by S-400 air defense.

The appearance of the S-400 in Cuba is quite consistent with the strengthening of Russia’s influence in the Latin American region. Acting by political, economic and military methods, Moscow returns to the Western Hemisphere. Of course, Cuba has been an outpost of our country in the region since Soviet times, but we should not forget about other countries with which the Kremlin has established no less friendly relations. First of all, it is Venezuela and Nicaragua .

A Kalashnikov assault rifle factory is being built in Venezuela. Being a cheaper, but at the same time, no less high-quality small arms than its NATO rivals, Kalashnikov will spread with great speed throughout Latin America. And this is not only about Venezuela, which will switch to the Russian type of weapon in the first place.

In addition, Russia is strengthened through the armament of the Venezuelan army. Rosoboronexport delivered to this country a huge number of aircraft: helicopters Mi-17 and Mi-35 aircraft MiG-29 and Su-30. Armored vehicles : T-72, BTR-80, BMP-3, etc. SAM S-300, Buk-M2, etc.

Now for Nicaragua. With this country, the development of cooperation is only beginning. Nicaragua does not have much experience interacting with the USSR , and did not have as much money in better times as Venezuela did. Therefore, a bridgehead was not created. They started to do this just now.

The leadership of Nicaragua invited Russia to place a military base on its territory. For this step, the Nicaraguans lost for security reasons, because Washington does not abandon attempts to overthrow the government.

But talking about some practical steps already taken to strengthen cooperation with Nicaragua is premature. So far, only negotiations are underway on this topic. But I hope that soon everything will be fixed.

The entry of Russia into Latin America has, among other things, also an economic interest. This is a good market for our products, as well as a pantry for a number of natural resources. As for the economy, I will write a separate article, but for now, we will rejoice at the first deployment of our strategic weapons in the region. Something tells me that in the near future, positive news from Latin America will come more and more.

https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/02/04/breaking-trump-lied-to-us-russia-put-s-400-in-cuba-hypersonic-nuke-missiles-coming-soon-again/