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

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.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    71·
    5 months ago

    Just a tankie backing up another tankie there. (I checked their post history, and it checks out)

    Thank you for the link it’s an enlightening read that I’m sure will get ignored.

    • Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      14·
      5 months ago

      Please define the term tankie for me and how it applies to me.

      I’m a communist, you can just call it by its name.