U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 12, 2012) Aviation MachinistÕs Mate Airman Kenzie Lane, left, Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class John Goyarola and Aviation ElectricianÕs Mate 2nd Class Anthony Boccanelli lift an AGM-114N Hellfire missile from its case to load onto an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter from the Proud Warriors of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42, Det. 7, on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. AmericaÕs Sailors are Warfighters, a fast and flexible force deployed worldwide. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deven B. King/Released) 121012-N-XQ375-101 Join the conversation https://www.facebook.com/USNavy https://www.twitter.com/USNavy https://navylive.dodlive.mil
Hellfire missiles are highly-effective and technologically-advanced air-to-ground missiles usually fired from attack helicopters or drones.
Somehow this one, intended for European training, ended up in Cuba in 2014.
An inert U.S. Hellfire missile sent to Europe for training purposes was wrongly shipped from there to Cuba in 2014, said people familiar with the matter, a loss of sensitive military technology that ranks among the worst-known incidents of its kind.
So, yeah, this one didn’t have a warhead (inert). But that won’t keep Cuba from selling the sensors, guidance, motor and other technology to the highest bidder – Russia, China, N. Korea, etc.
What is worse is that our President has worked diligently to normalize relations with Cuba. This move has far more advantages for Cuba than the United States. Why not demand the missile be returned as a condition of an early phase of normalization? How are we continuing to normalize relations when they knowingly possess stolen U.S. technology?
Then again… our lead negotiator sold the farm to Iran .. and the U.N. .. and.. and ..and..
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