An electronic eavesdropping facility will reportedly be set up on the island, roughly 160km from Florida in the US. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 160km from Florida, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials familiar with classified intelligence.
The US Central Command headquarters is based in Tampa. Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, the largest US military base, is based in North Carolina. “I cannot speak to this specific report, but we are well aware of - and have spoken many times to - the People’s Republic of China’s efforts to invest in infrastructure around the world that may have military purposes, including in this hemisphere,” Mr John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said in a statement.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said: “We are not aware of the case and as a result we can’t give a comment right now.”The agreement between the two US rivals, both ruled by communist governments, has caused alarm in the Biden administration, the newspaper said, posing a new threat close to America’s shores.that spiked after a suspected Chinese high-altitude spy balloon crossed the United States before the US military shot it down off the East Coast in February.in coming weeks.
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