Cuba

Personnel & posture

Active personnel

50k

Reserve / mobilization pool

39k

Mobilization window

~7 days to full field army

GDP (est.)

$107B

Order of battle

• Cuban Navy

  • Patrol craft12 – 20

    Coastal defense

  • Submarine (legacy)0 – 2

    Limited availability

• Cuban Air Force

  • Mig-21Bis12 – 24

    Interceptor

  • Mig-23 (limited)4 – 8

    Strike supplement

• Ground forces

  • T-55/T-62300 – 500

    Legacy MBT

  • BTR-60/70500 – 800

    APC

• Air defense

  • SA-2 Guideline24 – 40

    Legacy SAM

  • SA-6 / Strela20 – 40

    Mobile SAM

• Reserves

  • Territorial militia50,000 – 100,000

    Mobilization base

• Revolutionary Armed Forces

  • D-30 / M-46 tubes300 – 500

    Legacy Soviet calibres

• Strategic forces

  • Scud / coastal Styx12 – 24

    Theater ballistic & ASuW

• Rocket artillery

  • BM-21 Grad100 – 200

    Area saturation

• Mobilization

  • Active & ready reserve50,000 – 39,000

    Territorial defence

• Defence

  • Coastal artillery40 – 60

    130mm batteries

• Mobilization

  • Youth labour army500,000 – 700,000

    Mass reserve

Bases & infrastructure (23)

• Cuba Ministry of Defense

  hub

  National command and crisis coordination

  command

• Cuba Army Headquarters

  military base

  Ground forces command and mobilization center

  army

• Cuba Primary Air Base

  airport

  Combat aviation and airlift hub

  air

• Cuba Naval Base

  port

  Fleet homeport and coastal defense

  naval

• Cuba Main Seaport

  port

  Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

  trade

• Cuba Defense Industrial Complex

  factory

  Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

  manufacturing

• Cuba Munitions plant

  factory

  Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

  ammunition

• Cuba Oil & gas refinery

  factory

  Fuel processing and petrochemicals

  energy

• Cuba Integrated Air Defense Site

  military base

  Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

  air_defense

• Cuba Early Warning Radar

  military base

  Air and missile tracking

  air_defense

• Cuba Combined Arms Training Area

  military base

  Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

  training

• Cuba Border Defense Outpost

  military base

  Frontier surveillance and rapid response

  army

• Cuba Cyber Command Center

  hub

  Offensive/defensive cyber operations

  cyber

• Cuba Forward Corps HQ

  military base

  Theater-level ground command

  army

• Cuba Secondary Airfield

  airport

  Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

  air

• Mariel Naval & port complex

  port

  Primary naval logistics — Gulf access.

  naval

• Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces HQ

  hub

  National command — Havana.

  command

• Cienfuegos naval sector

  port

  Southern coast patrol.

  naval

• San Antonio de los Baños air base

  airport

  Mig-21 & transport hub.

  air

• Guantánamo Bay approaches

  military base

  Strategic eastern monitoring.

  naval

• Santiago de Cuba garrison

  military base

  Eastern regional command.

  army

• Cotorro tank repair facility

  factory

  Legacy armor maintenance.

  armor

• Camagüey air surveillance

  airport

  Central radar coverage.

  air

Deployable units (18)

• 1st Mechanized Brigade (Cuba)armor
• 3rd Infantry Division HQarmy
• 7th Artillery Regimentarmy
• Air Defense Battalion (capital)sam
• Special Operations Task Grouparmy
• Coastal Defense Regimentnavy
• Tactical UAV Squadrondrone
• Logistics Support Brigadefacility · Supply and transport hub
• Armored Cavalry Squadronarmor
• Combat Aviation Wing (detachment)air
• Coastal patrol flotillanavy · Fast attack & OPV
• Mig-21Bis interceptor squadronair · Limited air defense
• T-55 / T-62 tank brigadearmor · Legacy Soviet armor
• BTR-60 mechanized regimentarmy · Wheeled infantry
• SA-2 / SA-6 SAM beltsam · Havana area air defense
• Territorial militia divisionarmy · Mass mobilization reserve
• 130mm artillery regimentfacility · Coastal defence fires
• Special troops brigadearmy · Counter-invasion

Theater glossary

FAR

Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces — defensive Caribbean posture.

Mariel

Primary naval port — Gulf of Mexico access.

Legacy Soviet kit

T-55, Mig-21, SA-2 — sustained by local overhaul.

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.