Cuba put US on notice with Monday's massive war games
12-12-2004, 19h46
Adalberto Roque - (AFP/File)
HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba's armed forces are gearing up for their biggest military exercises in almost 20 years, with hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of civilians expected to take part, officials here said.
General Leonardo Andollo told reporters on Sunday that MiG-29 jets, anti-aircraft batteries were to be deployed during the weeklong exercises meant to be a warning to Washington that Cuba would vigorously defend itself against US aggression.
The mass war games start Monday and are due to run through to December 19.
Senior military and Communist government officials here warned that the administration of US President George W. Bush should take note of the island's war footing.
"The determination of the US administration to destroy the (Cuban) revolution however they can, including militarily, determines the necessity of conducting these exercises," Andollo, the deputy chief of Cuba's Armed Revolutionary Forces (FAR), said.
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