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Re:U.S. Sends China Signal with F-35-Laden Warship in Disput... by nradov on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:42AM (#19625146)
The Russian navy does occasionally conduct exercises near Cuba, and in fact did so just last year. People don't say much of anything about it because the Russians are legally allowed to be there.

https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article205552879.htm...

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Re:U.S. Sends China Signal with F-35-Laden Warship in Disput... by NotPaidToPost on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:28AM (#19625640)
Well, I'm sure that American media aren't going to title "Russia sends US signal with MiG-laden warship off Florida"... But the Russian media might.

Always check where those articles come from. Here it's Bloomberg.

It's interesting to see the narrative specifically aimed at mainland China when the claim over the South China Sea really is pan-Chinese (that means the PRC and Taiwan make the same claims).

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Re:U.S. Sends China Signal with F-35-Laden Warship in Disput... by nradov on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:42PM (#19627034)
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? Russia has only a single "MiG-laden warship" and it's a worthless pile of rusty junk which probably couldn't even travel to Cuba and back under it's own power. The US considers it to be a laughing stock, not a serious threat.
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