{"id":199167,"date":"2026-07-10T00:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/199167\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:30:24","slug":"jeb-bush-sounds-the-alarm-on-cubas-fleet-of-300-iranian-suicide-drones-that-could-reach-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/199167\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeb Bush sounds the alarm on Cuba\u2019s fleet of 300 Iranian suicide drones that could reach the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Iran has reportedly armed Cuba with a fleet of 300 kamikaze drones, putting the US mainland at risk of suffering a devastating attack, Jeb Bush warned Wednesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shahed drones, which have a <a href=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/shahed-131-and-136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">range of up to 1,500 miles and can be packed with up to 110 pounds of explosives<\/a>,\u00a0 gave the US headaches in the Middle East during the war in Iran because they are somewhat cheap to make, but are used for potent attacks. Florida is just about 90 miles from Cuba \u2014 well within the range for any drone attack from Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran has been a consistent threat to the united security interests of our country, certainly of Israel,\u201d Bush said during a United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) event. \u201cAnd now, we see that it\u2019s not just Israel and the United States, but the Gulf region as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jeb Bush commended President Trump for the military campaign against Iran. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to point out that the press reports that there are 300 of these [Shahed drones] in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran had supplied those types of drones to Russia during the bloody war in Ukraine, which has since developed strong countermeasures.<\/p>\n<p>The one-way drones are believed to have also been sent to Cuba before the war in Iran earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jeb-bush-praises-trump-crippling-iran-military-warns-threat-us-reported-drones-cuba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fox News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bush acknowledged that the US has \u201cvery good defense capabilities\u201d to counter Iranian drones, but cautioned that when they attack in clusters, they can penetrate sophisticated defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>The former Florida governor described the weapon as one of the deadliest battlefield threats faced by US forces in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost loss of life of the US military than any single weapon that exists over the last 15 years,\u201d Bush said of the Iranian-made drones, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/iranian-drones-in-cuba-could-threaten-south-florida-officials-warn\/3831377\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NBC Miami<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other Floridians, including Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), joined Bush in the UANI event to similarly underscore the threat, saying Cuba has drones from Iran that can reach Florida \u201cin a matter of minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has been keen on boosting drone production. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the face of warfare,\u201d Gimenez emphasized, noting how artificial intelligence is enhancing the threat. \u201cThis is how war is going to be carried out in the future, and it\u2019s being carried out right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congressman further warned that Cuba\u2019s fleet of Shahed\u2019s, which can reach speeds of up to 115 miles per hour, put the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay and cities throughout the southeastern US, including Atlanta, within range of attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis particular model, there is about over 100 pounds of explosives,\u201d Gimenez told NBC Miami. \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty big bang. That\u2019s why they call them kamikaze drones \u2014 they crash into their target and they explode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of War has placed an emphasis on boosting American drone manufacturing capabilities. Trump recently suggested he was open to cutting a drone deal with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The warning comes amid a period of unprecedented turmoil on the communist island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump imposed an oil blockade on Cuba earlier this year, sparking an energy crisis within the island nation. Since then, Cuba has liberalized its communist economy by privatizing state-run companies and opened up the banking and energy sector to foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Iran have begun exchanging strikes again after tensions flared over the Strait of Hormuz. via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The regime has also been hit with protests and internal strife over the energy crisis. On Monday, for example, Cuba endured a nationwide power blackout, its third major one of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel vowed \u201cimpregnable resistance\u201d against the US as Trump carries out his \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has demanded that Cuba \u201cmake a deal before it\u2019s too late\u201d and has sought deep reforms.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Bush also commended Trump, his former rival, for debilitating Iran and diminishing its ability to stoke mayhem in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to applaud President Trump\u2019s efforts,\u201d Bush, who chairs UANI, said. \u201cWe have decimated Iran\u2019s capability to make mischief in the region. There\u2019s no doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir military has not been decapitated completely, but 80% of its capabilities in terms of building these devices and building other missiles, and their navy has been wiped out, and I applaud the Trump administration for the work that they\u2019ve done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Iran has reportedly armed Cuba with a fleet of 300 kamikaze drones, putting the US mainland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[1682,38,687,34,58819,81,933],"class_list":["post-199167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-cuba","tag-donald-trump","tag-drones","tag-iran","tag-jeb-bush","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116892861990515432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}