Cuba Security Update — October 7, 2026
Cuba’s envoy in Washington describes open channels but no agenda, as forecast blackouts near 1,857 MW and a detained protester is charged.
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Cuba’s envoy in Washington describes open channels but no agenda, as forecast blackouts near 1,857 MW and a detained protester is charged.
Yemen’s Red Sea coast offensive stalls near Dhubab as Houthi missiles and drones reach Saudi airports, and a Hormuz tanker attack injures 12 crew.
The Marine Corps will send NMESIS ship-killing launchers to Yonaguni, 110 km from Taiwan, for Keen Sword, days after a $404M Kongsberg launcher deal.
Guiteras rejoins Cuba’s grid amid blackouts as SOUTHCOM announces a Caribbean strike and Guantanamo unmanned systems deploy.
China’s Southern Theater Command warns Manila over Scarborough as Taiwan logs ships only and an Okinawa murder case advances.
Ukraine reports 172 of 205 drones downed overnight as Odesa port fires burn and diplomacy stays split from the fighting.
IRGC turns a tanker back in the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Taiz road fight intensifies, and Israel digs in east of Gaza’s Yellow Line.
President Alimi launches military operations to retake Houthi-held land after the group seized Bab el-Mandeb and closed in on Taiz.
A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge on Oct. 4, injuring two, as Moscow vowed to intensify strikes on the capital and other cities.
Chancellor Merz unveils more than €1.3B for Ukraine in Kyiv, with jet-drone interceptors, IRIS-T missiles and €350M for energy repairs.
Air Force awarded Boeing $2.38B for 22 F-15EX jets at the fiscal-year deadline; totals now 120 sold, with plans near 267–269 as F-15C/D replacements.
Yemen opens a campaign to retake Houthi territory as another Hormuz tanker is struck and Israel’s strike on Hamas’s top Gaza official stays unresolved.
Russia hits Kyiv’s Northern Bridge again in a week of bridge strikes as Ukraine hits an Adygea airfield and Germany adds jet-drone interceptors.
China presses the Philippines near Scarborough as Taiwan logs ships but no aircraft, North Korea fires an IRBM, and Okinawa arrests a U.S. Marine.
Treasury ends U-turn banking for Cuba as SOUTHCOM deploys unmanned systems to Guantanamo and chronic blackouts stay above 2,000 MW most days.
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