Russians Visit Cuba, as Russ Warships Scout Our Coast — and Biden Is Out to Lunch

It’s a reminder that JFK went to the mat over Soviet missiles 90 miles off Key West.

AP/Ariel Ley
Russia's nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, June 12, 2024. AP/Ariel Ley

Many Americans were shocked when they heard Russian warships were spotted off the coast of Miami on their way to Cuba.

For many, it brought back memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. At that time, the Soviet Union attempted to offset the presence of American nuclear armed ballistic missiles in Turkey by placing similar nuclear armed ballistic missiles in Cuba.

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