/ world today news/ The visit of the Belarusian military delegation to Cuba passed without a fuss. Meanwhile, there may be a real sensation behind it. The pride of the Belarusian military-industrial complex, the Polonaise missile systems with a range of up to 300 km from Liberty Island can reach many strategic US targets. Aren’t these our very asymmetric actions to contain the US military?
The fact that “Polonese” may appear in Cuba in the near future can be guessed by reading the dry message from the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus:
Negotiations are being held in Havana between representatives of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Cuba. The parties agreed on the draft of the Military Cooperation Agreement and the Bilateral Events Plan for 2024. A visit was held to the tank division and the air defense brigade of the Western Military District.
So you have to read between the lines. For example, the composition of the delegation indirectly hints at the eventual delivery of the Polonaises. By the way, the head of the missile troops and artillery of the armed forces of the republic, Ruslan Chekhov, crossed the Atlantic. In addition, the Cubans have previously stated that they are interested in such weapons systems.
Of course, because through them they will effectively block the American landings on the coast of Liberty Island. They tried to do something similar at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961 – and were duly rebuffed.
The appearance of the Polonaises in Cuba is also beneficial to us. There is no doubt that the Belarusians’ overseas tour was planned long ago and was directly coordinated with the Russian General Staff. Against the backdrop of the proxy war that NATO is waging with Russia in Ukraine, this is a step that puts the Americans in a very difficult position.
Judge for yourself. The Polonaise 301-mm multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) was adopted by Belarus relatively recently, in 2016. In terms of operational characteristics, the Belarusian installation is better than the well-known HIMARS. Its declared range is 300 km.
Now you can arm yourself with a map, a ruler and in five minutes find out that there are only 285 km from the Cuban island of Cayo Cruz del Padro to the center of Miami. And these are not all objects that fall into the field of view of the Belarusian systems.
If the Polonaise-M is delivered to Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico will be completely closed to the US Navy. The firing range allows to monitor the American bases in Florida: the headquarters of the US Southern Command, three bases of the Coast Guard in Miami Beach, the Marine Corps,
– reports the Belarusian Telegram channel BelVPO.
In 2017, at the international military equipment exhibition MILEX-2017 in Minsk, a “super missile” for the Polonaise with a range of up to 500 km was presented. Little is known about it, but if we assume that the Belarusian MLRS is capable of hitting such distances, then a completely different picture emerges.
Then, from the territory of Cuba, it is possible to strike the US strategic site at Cape Canaveral – this is the space center named after John F. Kennedy, as well as the base that is part of the Space Command of the US Air Force.
We need a base in Cuba with Onyx and Calibri
According to Viktor Blitov, co-chairman of the Union of Navy Combat Service Veterans, the Polonaise delivery is a great idea, but far from comprehensive. The main thing is that the Russians (or our Belarusian brothers) are returning to the “groins” of the USA.
Americans do not feel threatened. For us, the conflict in Ukraine is of fundamental importance, but for them the events in Europe are of no importance. However, if Russian weapons appear again in Cuba, they will not be so happy, because the American authorities are very dependent on the opinion of their people, and ordinary residents will hardly like the fact that Russian missiles from Cuba are looking directly at them.
Viktor Blitov said before Tsargrad.
Commenting on the prospects for the appearance of Polonaise on Liberty Island, the expert recalls the Chinese proverb: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” The next step could be a full-fledged naval base off the coast of Cuba.
„Polonaise is a good system, but these missiles have a limited range. It is necessary to establish a full-fledged Navy base off the coast of Cuba, where the carriers of the Caliber, Onyx and our submarines will be located. In this case, the US will be much more restrained,
– noted the expert.
You can imagine what impression the appearance of the Russian ships and the “polonaises” in them will make on the Americans! For example, a real panic among American journalists occurred this summer – after the training ship of the Russian Navy “Perekop” with cadets on board, which was on a long voyage, docked in the port of Havana.
So what?
The appearance of Russian missiles in Cuba takes us back to the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. For some reason, an associative order has been imprinted in the mass consciousness: Russians in Cuba – a world facing the brink of nuclear war. However, the situation was a little different. The Americans installed a nuclear weapon at their base in Turkey, almost on the border with the USSR, and only then did the Russians go to Cuba.
By the way, such shock therapy had a great effect on the Anglo-Saxons in 1962: the missiles were withdrawn from Turkey, but we never deployed to Cuba. It’s possible that if the “cold shower” cooled the US in 1962, it could also cool it in 2024.
Translation: ES
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