A Washington, D.C.-based think tank released a report detailing facilities in Cuba that it says may be being used by China to gather signals intelligence (SIGINT) on the United States.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analyzed nearly a dozen “sites of interest” in Cuba and last week released a report highlighting the four locations it deems most likely to be supporting China’s intelligence operations.
Bejucal, the largest site covered in the report, temporarily hosted the Soviet nuclear warheads that led to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. The site has long been suspected of hosting Chinese intelligence operations, with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in 2016 calling it a “Chinese listening station.”
https://www.newsweek.com/china-news-map-shows-suspected-spy-bases-cuba-1997464
Satellite Images Show Suspected Chinese Spy Bases Growing in Cuba
Breitbart ^ | 7/3/2024 | Christian K. Caruzo
Posted on 7/3/2024, 5:48:50 PM by Right Wing Vegan
A report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Monday indicated that, based on satellite imagery obtained by the organization, Cuba has significantly expanded some of its electronic eavesdropping stations with suspected ties to China.
The report from the Washington-based think tank said that the satellite imagery reviewed offers an “unprecedented look” at four active bases that the communist regime operates in Bejucal, El Salao, Wajay, and Calabazar. CSIS describes the four listed facilities as among the “most likely locations supporting China’s efforts to spy on the United States.”
CSIS explained that one of the four facilities identified – the base located in El Salao, east of the city of Santiago de Cuba – has been under construction since 2021 but had not been publicly confirmed to exist before. The satellite imagery reviewed for the report showed the base as featuring a large circularly disposed antenna array (CDAA) with a projected diameter of 130 to 200 meters (roughly 426 to 656 feet).
“Once operational, this CDAA will serve as a powerful tool for enhancing air and maritime domain awareness in the region, where the U.S. military and its international partners operate regularly,” the report predicted. “Some CDAAs of this approximate size are reportedly able to track signals anywhere from 3,000 to 8,000 nautical miles away.”
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