Cuban forces

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1959
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Cuba
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_(observer/supporter)
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Cuban_military
gptkbp:budget approx. $300 million (2020s estimate)
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:President_of_Cuba
gptkbp:component gptkb:Cuban_Army
gptkb:Cuban_Navy
gptkb:Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Cuba
gptkb:Cuban_Air_Force
gptkbp:conscription yes
17 years
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:equipmentSource gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Soviet_Union
domestic production
gptkbp:founded 1959
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Havana,_Cuba
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cuban forces
gptkbp:ideology Marxism-Leninism
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
gptkb:Angolan_Civil_War
gptkb:Grenada_Invasion
gptkb:Ogaden_War
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Civil_Defense
gptkb:Territorial_Troops_Militia
gptkb:Youth_Labor_Army
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Patria_o_Muerte_(Homeland_or_Death)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Fidel_Castro
gptkb:Raúl_Castro
gptkb:Arnaldo_Ochoa
gptkbp:notableEvent Angola intervention (1975-1991)
Bay of Pigs victory (1961)
Grenada conflict (1983)
Missile Crisis deployment (1962)
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Defense
gptkb:Operation_Baragua_(Grenada)
gptkb:Operation_Carlota_(Angola)
Ogaden War support
gptkbp:size approx. 50,000 active personnel (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:trainingPartner gptkb:Russia_(limited,_post-Soviet)
Soviet Union (historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Congo_Crisis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5