U.S. Warship Shadowing Russian Frigate Near Cuba

USNI News: U.S. Warship Shadowing High-End Russian Frigate Near Cuba

A U.S. destroyer is off the coast of Havana, Cuba, shadowing a detachment of Russian naval ships that includes one of the country’s most advanced surface ships, USNI News has verified.

As of Tuesday morning, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) was roughly 50 nautical miles north of Havana and about 72 miles from Key West, Fla., operating in the Straits of Florida, according to publicly available ship location data reviewed by USNI News.

A day earlier, Russia’s first-in-class frigate Admiral Gorshkov arrived in Havana. Admiral Gorshkov was joined by support vessel Elbrus and salvage tug Nikolay Chiker, according to several media reports.

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Update: Advanced Russian warship armed with cruise missiles docks in Havana's harbor (FOX News)

WNU Editor: This Russian warship is in Cuba on an official visit .... Russian warships head to Cuba for official visit (Xinhua).

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