<![CDATA[#US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.]]> military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of , a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.

Since Feb 4, the US Navy & Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft & drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana & Santiago de Cuba, & some coming within 40 miles of the coast, acc/to FlightRadar24.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/americas/us-spy-flights-cuba-latam-intl

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Anything to keep the eyes off his failures and crimes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ChrisHolladay/statuses/116551240472842778https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ChrisHolladay/statuses/116551240472842778Sun, 10 May 2026 16:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:32:55 GMT]]>@Nonilex "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war" comes to mind

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/allanb/statuses/116551003384884743https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/allanb/statuses/116551003384884743Sun, 10 May 2026 15:32:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:15:01 GMT]]>Just a few days after that post, ordered an of the island.

Fast forward to today & Trump is imposing an expanded regime on & insisting it represents a “threat” to . (Cuban officials meanwhile have dismissed the suggestion their communist-run government poses any danger to the US. They insist they are open to negotiations, though have also vowed to conduct an extended guerrilla war against US forces if attacked.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116550932995620971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116550932995620971Sun, 10 May 2026 15:15:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:12:03 GMT]]>…The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance–prior to Feb, such publicly visible flights were exceedingly rare in this area–& for their timing.

Trump’s public comments against hardened in the weeks just before the surge, he reposted on Truth Social a comment by FoxNews contributor Marc Thiessen that would visit a “free Havana” before leaving office.

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