federation of american scientists

Cuban media coverage of the military

March 19, 2010

The Federation of American Scientists has obtained a copy of an Open Source Center six-page report from late February 2010 on Cuban media coverage of the military, which has been positive. OSC assesses: President Raul Castro was atypically visible and engaged during a Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) exercise in late 2009, but more commonly he presents [...]

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Military leadership counterparts profiled

March 19, 2009

A recent flurry of activities from the Russian Federation, its armed forces and Cuba, i.e. Russian strategic bombers possibly using Cuban airfields and the possible reactivation of the Lourdes SIGINT facility, leads to a further inquiry on the Cuban military leadership

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