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According to a report from NBC 6 South Florida, national security advocates and elected officials are sounding the alarm over Iran’s expanding military footprint in the Western Hemisphere, specifically the reported delivery of approximately 300 Iranian drones to Cuba.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and U.S. Representative Carlos Gimenez, a Republican from Florida, joined forces at a public event to draw attention to the potential dangers posed by these advanced unmanned aircraft. The gathering, held at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, featured a display of an Iranian-made drone as a tangible symbol of the emerging threat just 90 miles from American shores.
Bush, who serves as chairman of the advocacy organization United Against Nuclear Iran, described the weapon’s devastating impact on U.S. forces in recent conflicts. “Most loss of life of the U.S. military than any single weapon that exists over the last 15 years,” Bush said, underscoring the drones’ proven lethality on the battlefield.
Gimenez detailed the specific capabilities that make these systems especially alarming for South Florida and the broader southeastern United States. “This particular model, there is about over 100 pounds of explosives,” the congressman explained. “That’s a pretty big bang. That’s why they call them kamikaze drones — they crash into their target and they explode.”
The drones are capable of traveling more than 1,000 miles at speeds reaching approximately 115 miles per hour, placing major population centers and critical infrastructure within striking distance. Officials noted that South Florida lies well within operational range, as do the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and cities as far north as Tallahassee and Atlanta.
A primary concern centers on Iran’s established tactics of deploying large swarms of drones simultaneously to overwhelm sophisticated air defense systems. While American defenses are advanced, Gimenez emphasized that even a single successful penetration could result in catastrophic damage given the explosive payload each unit carries.
The event was organized by United Against Nuclear Iran, a group focused on exposing and countering Iran’s military and strategic partnerships with nations in the region, including Cuba. Advocates argue that the growing cooperation between Tehran and Havana demands urgent scrutiny from U.S. policymakers and defense leaders.
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