China will pay Cuba "several billion dollars" to build the facility, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Pentagon on Thursday neither confirmed nor denied the report.
The installation of a base in Cuba, closer to the coast of Florida, would be a new step for Beijing. In 1962, the United States observed missile launch pads there, within reach of American shores.. In January and February 2023, a Chinese. balloon described by Washington as a spy flew over the United. States before a U.S. fighter shot it down.