Satellite images appear to show that Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the US’s nearby Guantánamo Bay naval base, in the latest upgrade to the country’s surveillance capabilities long thought to be linked to China.
The base, under construction since 2021 but previously not publicly reported, is east of the city of Santiago de Cuba near the El Salao neighborhood, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on Monday and later referenced by the Wall Street Journal.
Cuban vice foreign minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio denied that Cuba was harboring Chinese military interests on the island.
China has spy base in Cuba from at least 2019, US confirms
The White House confirmed on June 10 there are Chinese spy facilities in Cuba, claiming they have been there since at least 2019 and that Beijing is still pushing to expand them and upgrade its intelligence-gathering… pic.twitter.com/ziE1P1Q541
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