Posted on 05/18/2026 6:27:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
In recent weeks, Cuba has increased its hostility towards the United States, and it appears that hostility has heightened.
A classified intelligence report that was obtained by Axios reveals the Cuban government has bought more than 300 military drones and has begun discussions on possibly using them against the United States.
The new report comes as President Trump has warned on several occasions that the United States will “take over Cuba.”
Read Axios‘ exclusive report here:
Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels and possibly Key West, Fla., 90 miles north of Havana, according to classified intelligence shared with Axios.
The intelligence — which could become a pretext for U.S. military action — shows the degree to which the Trump administration sees Cuba as a threat because of developments in drone warfare and the presence of Iranian military advisers in Havana, a senior U.S. official said.
“When we think about those types of technologies being that close, and a range of bad actors from terror groups to drug cartels to Iranians to the Russians, it’s concerning,” the official said.
The new report comes just days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba to discuss the ongoing hostilities.
Take a look:
The New York Times provided further insight into Ratcliffe’s visit to Cuba:
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, traveled to Cuba on Thursday, a day after Havana admitted that its fuel oil supplies have been exhausted for consumers and businesses.
Mr. Ratcliffe made the visit to deliver a warning to the government that it had to make economic changes and stop allowing Russia and China to operate intelligence posts in Cuba, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Mr. Ratcliffe is the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit Cuba. His trip is part of a multifaceted campaign to escalate pressure against the Communist government and fulfill President Trump’s demand for regime change.
In a statement, the C.I.A. said that Mr. Ratcliffe had traveled to Havana to personally deliver President Trump’s message “that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”
The C.I.A. said Mr. Ratcliffe had met with Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, known as “Raulito” or “El Cangrejo” (the Crab), the influential grandson of former president Raúl Castro. Mr. Ratcliffe also met with Lázaro Álvarez Casas, the minister of the interior, as well as the head of Cuba’s intelligence services, a C.I.A. official said.
At the same time, federal prosecutors in Miami were working toward securing an indictment of the elder Mr. Castro, who remains a force in the country’s politics, according to several people familiar with the matter. The scope of the indictment and the number of defendants is being debated, but it could include drug trafficking charges and accusations connected to Cuba’s downing in 1996 of planes run by the humanitarian aid group Brothers to the Rescue, two of the people said.
At the beginning of May, President Trump, during a speech at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches in Florida, joked that the U.S. would be taking over Cuba immediately.
Watch here:
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In February, Trump offered similar remarks and said that the U.S. may conduct a “friendly takeover” of Cuba.
Conservative commentator Mike Cernovich doesn’t buy the latest report from Axios:
What are your thoughts?
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I’m really not that worried about Cuba doing anything to the US. If one drone gets launched, Cuba would be invaded so fast that Castro would be arrested before lunch.
In other news, Lichtenstein is considering invading Russia.
“Go ahead, make my day!”
Well, that means we have to attack them first, doesn’t it.
Then what? they aren’t that stupid
They’re not going to do that. We’d wipe the floor with them. They don’t even have the gas necessary to drive their troops to necessary locations if it came to it.
Done with the FA phase ... and ready to FO?
Is this like the Iraqi Bio Labs thing?
I guess the 🤩 🤡 at Axios’ answer is for the USA to just surrender to the communists now before anything might happen.
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🤣
Those drones are for exporting trouble or for domestic use should the need arise.
Come now, Nathan. As a student of human history you know the correct reply to both of those statement is, “Oh, yes they could be.”
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As with all of our adversaries Cuba will play the stall game hoping that Trump will be weakened after the mid-terms. We need to tell them that "time's nearly up" and their only option is to do the things without further delay that will convince us not to remove their failed leadership. The back-and-forth game is over.
Acabado.
somehow, I’m having a hard time believing this
“somehow, I’m having a hard time believing this”
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Why? Cuba’s close ally Venezuela has an arsenal of military drones (it’s a known fact) owing to its cooperation with Iran and Russia. What’s hard to believe would be the notion that Venezuela would not share this technology with their Cuban soulmates.
I’m very skeptical that Cuba would be that foolish.
Suuuuuuure ...
Mr Radcliff should have brought him a Gold Telephone.
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