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Cuban Armed Forces

Defensa Nacional de Cuba - official website of the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR).

Cuban-American Military Council (CAMCO) - is an independent non-profit professional organization, comprised of over one thousand military individuals of Cuban origin who have served with distinction and honor in the Cuban and United States armed forces.

CUBAFAR - Brigadier General Rafael del Pino's website; with commentaries and discussion forums.

Armed Forces of the World: Cuba - resource center published by the Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces College, Department of National Defence (Canada).

Cuban Air Force: DAAFAR - personnel, equipment, missiles, and air forces bases. Page created by Lt. Col. Luis F. Fuentes, of USAF and Airpower Journal International.

Cuban Military Research Center - organized by former FAR and MININT officers and publishes the Cuban Military Digest. (defunct).

Aviación Cubana - history of Cuba's civil and military aviation. (In Spanish)

The Cuban MiGs - by Ruben Urribarres and Mark Little (Latin American Aviation Historical Society); the operational history of the MiGs in Cuba.

The Cuban Military: An Economic Force - America's Defense Monitor (January 19, 2000) Cuba's military, once known for "exporting revolution," has undergone a transformation since the end of the Cold War. Its new mission is the fight for Cuba's economic survival. The military is now deeply involved in national development, from hotels to agriculture to business ventures with foreign companies.

Papers

Challenges Facing the Cuban Military - article by Phyllis Greene Walker (Research Associate at the University of Miami's North-South Center). October 1996.

Cuba's Armed Forces: From Triumph to Survival - article by Richard L. Millett, (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville). September 1993.

Cuban Military Expenditures: Concepts, Data and Burden Measures  by Jorge F. Perez-Lopez, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 6. Papers and Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Miami, Florida August 8-10, 1996.

The Optimal Size of the Military in a Post-Castro Cuba by Carlos Seigle, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 6. Papers and Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Miami, Florida August 8-10, 1996

Cuba's Armed Forces: Power and Reforms - by Domingo Amuchastegui, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 9. Papers and Proceedings of the Eight Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Coral Gables, Florida August 12-14, 1999.

FAR: Mastering Reforms - by Domingo Amuchastegui, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 10. Papers and Proceedings of the Eight Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Coral Gables, Florida August 5, 2000.

Evolution, Transition and the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces - by Armando F. Mastrapa III, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 9. Papers and Proceedings of the Eight Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Coral Gables, Florida August 12-14, 1999.

Soldiers and Businessmen: The FAR During the Special Period - by Armando F. Mastrapa III, in Cuba in Transition: Volume 10. Papers and Proceedings of the Eight Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Coral Gables, Florida August 5, 2000.

 

 

Defense Resources

Jane's - primary resource for defense, geopolitical, aircraft, and police issues.

Jane's Defense Weekly - the bible of defense related issues.

Jane's Internet Defence Glossary - over 20,000 defense related acronyms and abbreviations.

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs (Canadian Forces College) - is a daily selection of articles from Canadian and international media dealing with military affairs.

Armed Forces of the World - lists all the armed forces in the world; includes official armed forces pages.

World Air Forces - a collection of links to web sites containing information about the Air Forces of the world.

Defense and the National Interest - debate on the roles of the U.S. armed forces in the post-Cold War era and on the resources devoted to them -- 4^th Generation Warfare.

General Resources

Yahoo:Government:Military - the web's most popular search engine.

Cuba MegaLinks Center - the most comprehensive page listing all Cuban sites throughout the world wide web.