A package could include U.S. F-16 fighter jets and come with special financing terms that could help Hanoi, which is facing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, steer away from its reliance on lower-cost Russian-made arms.

Vietnam is also actively in talks with Moscow over a new arms supply deal that could trigger U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    There isn't much value in doing so.

    The USA doesn't have any disagreements with other countries in the Caribbean regarding claims to the sea like China has with its neighbors.

    China would need to invest a significant amount of funding into arming Cuba in such a way as to enforce an embargo of the Gulf Coast. Even then, it isn't anticipated that Cuba could hold it long to an invasion. If Cuba could hold on, the USA could still use its other two coasts to ship goods.

    And it isn't like China doesn't have economic access to the region.