CUBA + IRAN + RUSSIA=Potential Drone Warfare Just 90 Miles From Florida

The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson · May 19, 2026 · 13m · transcript

1. Renewed Strategic Threat from Cuba

Despite the Cold War being considered over, Cuba is again being viewed as a potential military staging ground for U.S. adversaries.

The concern is not nuclear missiles like in 1962, but modern drone systems.

2. Drone Warfare Changes Everything

Drones are:

Cheap, mobile, and hard to detect

Capable of low-altitude flight (avoiding radar)

Effective in large swarm attacks

Examples cited:

Russia using Iranian drones in Ukraine

Drones attacking infrastructure like power grids

3. Geographic Danger

Cuba is only ~90 miles from Florida, making it:

Extremely close…