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CAMILO CIENFUEGOS

MMSI 323040000 flag: Cuba Intelligence Collection Vessel
owner: Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (MINFAR)
operator: Dirección de Inteligencia (DI) / MGR
📡 KEY INTELLIGENCE
AIS status
AIS DARK
Last port
Unknown — SIGINT patrol area (Florida Straits / GTMO perimeter)
Specs
GT 3,200 · built 1990 · call CUMINT1
live AIS — opens external source
📝 ANALYST NOTES
[2026-05-16 08:00 UTC] AIS: DARK (no Mode C live check) | SIGINT role confirmed.
Cuba military posture elevated amid protests and US ISR surge (25+ sorties since Feb 2026).
Cuba reactivated S-75 Dvina + S-125 Pechora SAMs May 14 in response to US pressure.
32 Cuban officers killed in Venezuela US operation Jan 2026 — regime on high alert.
Expected: GTMO perimeter / Florida Straits SIGINT patrols ongoing.
Pentagon must report China SIGINT (Bejucal/Havana bases) to Congress by Jun 2026.
Source: DefenseNews/TheDefenseNews/WashTimes Jan-May 2026
⚓ CAMILO CIENFUEGOS AIS dark as of Mar 26 live MMSI check (323040000 — no position). Consistent with active SIGINT collection posture. US Navy destroyer USS Nitze deployed in Caribbean tracking Anatoly Kolodkin. Elevated SIGINT opportunity: multiple US Navy and USCG assets operating in region (Nitze, Iwo Jima ARG, 2 USCG cutters off north Cuba). CAMILO CIENFUEGOS likely conducting passive electronic intelligence collection on US communications and radar emissions.
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