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2024-06-11 13:59:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 96B34DA8EE15661BC2D8FFF749CEC326FFF59412C96A15DEA0689A4565DD52C0
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Russia/Cuban officials informed the US before the ships/subs arrival. Cuba’s own foreign minister stating the “presence is not a threat to the region.” Therefore, there is no “panic” Shadowing adversaries’ ships close to your countries’ waters is common practice https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/6/7/russian-warships-to-dock-in-havana-cuba-insists-no-threat https://www.newsweek.com/japan-map-discloses-russia-china-navy-ship-movements-pacific-1883402 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/russian-chinese-ships-patrolled-alaska-threat-us-officials/story?id=102058344 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN21D1DR/
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