Hegseth rallies troops for ‘any possible contingency’ in Cuba
Hegseth met service members and delivered remarks as the Trump administration increases sanctions and energy restrictions on Havana, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the Cuban government against acquiring weapons capable of reaching Guantanamo Bay Naval Base or the American homeland, citing the risk of confrontation.
- Following a May report in Axios stating Cuba acquired more than 300 military drones potentially usable against United States forces, the US increased military presence in the Caribbean Sea, deploying the USS Nimitz.
- Addressing Navy servicemen, Hegseth stated the Department of War is "prepared and postured" for any contingency, claiming no nation can match American military capabilities.
- The Cuban government previously accused the United States of "fabricating pretexts" to justify aggression, while the State Department sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other officials last week.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the Cuban government against the acquisition of weapons that could threaten the United States.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Cuba not to acquire weapons that could put the U.S. military or the mainland of the United States at risk.Hegseth, addressing the troops on Wednesday at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay in eastern Cuba, urged the island’s communist leaders to be cautious. “It would be reckless for the Cuban government to attempt to acquire or access weapons that could reach this base or the U.S. territory,” he said. …
The head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has landed in Guantánamo with a clear message: defying Castroism. The U.S. Secretary of War travels to the U.S. base in Cuba in the midst of escalating tensions between Washington and Havana, for the sanctions, the oil blockade and the increased pressure on the Cuban authorities to bring the Castro dictatorship to an end. Before the U.S. troops deployed at the base, Hegseth, in shorts and t-shirts that sho…
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