Editing Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (section)

==Revolutionary Navy==
[[File:Rio Damuji n° 390.jpg|thumb|The helicopter carrier patrol vessel ''Rio Damuji n° 390'' in Havana (July 2011)]]
In 1988, the Cuban Navy boasted 12,000 men, three [[submarine]]s, two modern [[guided-missile frigate]]s, one [[Spy ship|intelligence vessel]], and a large number of [[patrol craft]] and [[minesweeper]]s.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1988/08/cuba-havanas-military-machine/305932/ | title=Cuba: Havana's Military Machine| website=[[The Atlantic]]| date=August 1988}}</ref> However, most of the Soviet-made vessels have been [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] or sunk to make [[Artificial reef|reefs]]. By 2007, the Cuban Navy was assessed as being 3,000 strong (including up to 550+ [[Marine (military)|Navy Infantry]]) by the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies|IISS]] with six [[Osa-class missile boat|Osa-II]] missile boats and one {{sclass2|Pauk|corvette|1}}. The Cuban Navy also includes a small [[marine (military)|marine]] battalion called the ''Desembarco de Granma''. It once numbered 550 men, though its present size is not known.

After the old Soviet submarines were put out of service, Cuba searched for help from North Korea's experience in [[midget submarine]]s. [[North Korean defectors]] claimed to have seen Cubans in mid to late 1990s in a secret submarine base. Years later, a single picture became public of a small black native submarine in Havana harbor. It is rumored to be called 'Delfin' and is to be armed with two [[torpedo]]es. Only a single boat is in service and the design appears original, even if influenced both by North Korea and Soviet designs.<ref name="Delfin">{{Cite web|url = http://www.hisutton.com/Delfin.html|title = Delfin|date =10 October 2016 |access-date =4 January 2018 |website =hisutton.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/01/new-photo-reveals-cuban-navys-secret-submarine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301144206/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/01/new-photo-reveals-cuban-navys-secret-submarine/|archive-date=March 1, 2020|title=New Photo Reveals Cuban Navy's Secret Submarine|last=Sutton|first=H. I.|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

The Cuban Navy rebuilt one, large ex-Spanish ''Rio Damuji'' fishing boat. ''BP-390'' is now armed with two C-201W missiles, one twin 57&nbsp;mm gun mount, two twin 25&nbsp;mm gun mounts and on 14.5&nbsp;mm machine gun. This vessel is larger than the {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|4}}, and it is used as a [[helicopter carrier]] patrol vessel. A second unit (''BP-391'') was converted and entered service in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2017-08-28/un-baluarte-sobre-el-mar-28-08-2017-22-08-47?page=2 |title= Un baluarte sobre el mar|date =28 August 2017 |access-date =4 January 2018 |newspaper=Granma}}</ref>

The Cuban Navy today operates its own missile systems, the made-in-Cuba Bandera (a copy of the dated Styx Soviet missiles) and Remulgadas anti-ship missile systems, as well as the nationally produced Frontera self-propelled coastal defence multiple rocket launcher. The navy's principal threats are drug smuggling and illegal immigration. The country's geographical position and limited naval presence has enabled traffickers to utilise Cuban territorial waters and airspace.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/cuba/navy.htm|title = Global Security on Cuban Navy}}</ref>

The Cuban Navy's air wing is an [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] helicopter operator only and is equipped with 2 [[Mil Mi-14|Mi-14 Haze]] helicopters.<ref name="cafr_airforce"/>