The Cuban interventionary forces: the growing strategic and regional threat to the United States and NATO

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Authors
Doorey, Timothy J.
Subjects
Cuba
Military
DGI
Fidel Castro
Advisors
Buchanan, Paul
Green, Norman
Date of Issue
1986-12
Date
December 1986
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Over the past twenty-seven years, Cuba has transformed its military forces from an ill-equipped, untrained band of guerrillas into the second most powerful military in the Caribbean Basin. Today, the Cuban armed forces are e~lipped with numerous modern fighter-bomber aircraft, warships (including attack sUbmarines), tanks, and other lethal weaponry. Unlike other recipients of Soviet arms, Cuba has proven its capability and willingness to maintain and operate this sophisticated military equipment around the world, even in combat environments. This has been demonstrated in Angola, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/21752
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Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
206 p.: ill.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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