# Russian ships headed to Cuba with missiles **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [June 13, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082 "2024-06-13T01:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/1 "2024-06-13T01:27:22Z")
I remember this happening 62 years ago. > **[Russian warships conduct Atlantic drills en route to Cuba. New hypersonic...](https://apnews.com/article/russia-navy-warhips-cuba-caribbean-ukraine-12c2be0f94a5ce1fcb8c6fdc0101d450)** > > Russian warships have conducted drills in the Atlantic while en route to Cuba. It's part of Moscow’s efforts to project power amid the tensions with the West over Ukraine. I’m surprised this story didn’t rattle the markets today. ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/2 "2024-06-13T02:44:22Z")
Seems NATO, and the US, have plenty of ships venture close to the Russian and Chinese spheres of influence. So why would USians hyperventilate about the Russians doing the same? > **[Four US Navy ships arrive in Baltic ports, demonstrating commitment to...](https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/08/23/four-us-navy-ships-arrive-in-baltic-ports-demonstrating-commitment-to-regional-allies/)** > > Four US Navy vessels have arrived in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, for scheduled port visits on 20 August. ---
**Author:** ![bjurasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/bjurasz/32/7233_2.png) [@bjurasz](https://discussion.fool.com/u/bjurasz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/3 "2024-06-13T15:52:08Z")
> [@steve203](#): > > Seems NATO, and the US, have plenty of ships venture close to the Russian and Chinese spheres of influence. So why would USians hyperventilate about the Russians doing the same? Because it serves a political goal, no matter the facts. ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/4 "2024-06-13T23:26:48Z")
> [@PucksFool](#): > > I’m surprised this story didn’t rattle the markets today. The Russian navy is trash. They have exactly one aircraft carrier which isn’t operational and might never be. Sure, Putin could nuke something, but then Moscow would become a glass parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/5 "2024-06-14T00:09:57Z")
> [@syke6](#): > > Sure, Putin could nuke something, but then Moscow would become a glass parking lot. And that wouldn’t have macroeconomic ramifications because? ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/6 "2024-06-14T00:21:03Z")
Putin doesn’t actually want to nuke anything. Hence markets remained calm. ---
**Author:** ![MarkR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/markr/32/2011_2.png) [@MarkR](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MarkR)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/7 "2024-06-14T05:16:59Z")
> [@syke6](#): > > The Russian navy is trash. And any of their good ships in the Black Sea can be sunk by Ukraine if the USA gives them permission to do so. ---
**Author:** ![flyerboys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/flyerboys/32/2123_2.png) [@flyerboys](https://discussion.fool.com/u/flyerboys)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/8 "2024-06-14T08:03:07Z")
> [@MarkR](#): > > any of their good ships in the Black Sea oh wow are there any left? d fb ---
**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/9 "2024-06-14T08:40:29Z")
> [@flyerboys](#): > > oh wow are there any left? Submersibles! The Captain ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/10 "2024-06-14T13:40:49Z")
> [@syke6](#): > > Sure, Putin could nuke something, but then Moscow would become a glass parking lot. Hopefully not. We can not actually exchange nuclear weapons. More important would be to take Putin out within hours. I think we’d have that ability. Make a full example of what happens to any dictator who uses nukes. Bombing Moscow and all of us are down wind for the radiation. We might also take out most of the Kremlin at the same time. If we can build swarms of small mechanical insects to deposit nerve agents we’d launch them. Something like that would wipe out Putin and his cronies even if they are in bunkers. ---
**Author:** ![MarkR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/markr/32/2011_2.png) [@MarkR](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MarkR)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/11 "2024-06-14T17:33:54Z")
> [@flyerboys](#): > > oh wow are there any left? There are plenty left because the US (and EU) have forbidden Ukraine from sinking them. ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/12 "2024-06-17T18:01:13Z")
> [@captainccs](#): > > Submersibles Every boat/ship is a submersible. It’s just that some of them are designed to be easily floated again. Mike ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/13 "2024-06-18T19:38:32Z")
> [@syke6](#): > > The Russian navy is trash. Ripped from today’s headlines: [Russian Submarine’s Damaged Hull During Cuba Visit Raises Questions (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-submarine-s-damaged-hull-during-cuba-visit-raises-questions/ar-BB1oqo79?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=a97fdddee83043e6abda5eb4e492ffd1&ei=24&sc=shoreline) ---
**Author:** ![TucsonBones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tucsonbones/32/2780_2.png) [@TucsonBones](https://discussion.fool.com/u/TucsonBones)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/russian-ships-headed-to-cuba-with-missiles/106082/14 "2024-06-18T20:51:11Z")
> [@PucksFool](#): > > I remember this happening 62 years ago. Except: There were over two hundred land-based Soviet R-2 medium-range ballistic missile placed in Cuba awaiting a transport of thermonuclear warheads. This situation is a purely political parade while Russia inundates American social media with fear, and divisive propaganda. Just this week DeSantis has given multiple rallies dividing America with fear and bluster how he would handled The Russian Navy with confrontation and belligerence if only he were running the White House Putin’s fantasy is an American totalitarian state.