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The Pentagon has spent more than six decades planning for the possibility of war with Cuba. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, OPLAN 312 and OPLAN 316 outlined a massive campaign involving air strikes, airborne assaults, amphibious landings, and as many as 120,000 American troops. In this video, we take those Cold War blueprints and rebuild them for the modern battlefield as threats and rhetoric against Cuba ramp up. We look at the current strength of Cuba’s military, the condition of its Soviet-era tanks, fighters, air defenses, and navy, and how U.S. stealth aircraft, drones, cyber operations, special operations forces, airborne troops, Marines, and naval forces could be used in a full-scale invasion. We also examine the role China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela might play, the suspected Chinese-linked intelligence facilities operating on Cuba, and why defeating the Cuban military could be much easier than occupying the island afterward. 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and OPLANS 312 and 316 03:01 - The original plan to invade Cuba 05:59 - Cuba’s modern-day military and doctrine 11:42 - How the US would adapt the plans to today 16:14 - China’s intelligence gathering in Cuba 17:12 - The real risk with a Cuban invasion 19:42 - Channel updates Recorded on: July 20, 2026 Written/edited by: Kyle Gunn Task & Purpose is a military news and culture-oriented channel. We want to foster discussion about the defense industry. Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/73eTfddFMy Merchandise: store.taskandpurpose.com Like this video? You'll love https://taskandpurpose.com/ Sign up for the T&P newsletter: https://taskandpurpose.com/email-signup/ And you can follow us on social, too: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taskandpurpose/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/taskandpurpose TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taskandpurpose

The Pentagon has spent more than six decades planning for the possibility of war with Cuba.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, OPLAN 312 and OPLAN 316 outlined a massive campaign involving air strikes, airborne assaults, amphibious landings, and as many as 120,000 American troops. In this video, we take those Cold War blueprints and rebuild them for the modern battlefield as threats and rhetoric against Cuba ramp up.

We look at the current strength of Cuba’s military, the condition of its Soviet-era tanks, fighters, air defenses, and navy, and how U.S. stealth aircraft, drones, cyber operations, special operations forces, airborne troops, Marines, and naval forces could be used in a full-scale invasion.

We also examine the role China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela might play, the suspected Chinese-linked intelligence facilities operating on Cuba, and why defeating the Cuban military could be much easier than occupying the island afterward.

Recorded on: July 20, 2026
Written/edited by: Kyle Gunn

Task & Purpose is a military news and culture-oriented channel. We want to foster discussion about the defense industry.

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The Pentagon Already Has A Plan To Invade Cuba

Task & Purpose July 21, 2026 6:57 pm

Go to https://surfshark.com/task or use code TASK at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Modern battlefields are covered in sensors. Drones, satellites, thermal cameras, radar, acoustic sensors, electronic warfare systems, and even balloons are all looking for movement, heat, signals, and patterns. So how does anybody hide anymore? In this episode, we look at how militaries are adapting camouflage for the drone age. That means more than throwing a net over a vehicle. It means breaking the kill chain: avoiding detection, confusing identification, hiding thermal signatures, controlling radio emissions, moving before the enemy can strike, and using decoys convincing enough to waste missiles, drones, and time. We cover visual camouflage, multispectral concealment, thermal detection, EMCON, battlefield movement, decoys, and why the boring habits like where troops park, when they transmit, and how long they stay in one place, all may be the difference between surviving and getting spotted. 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Breaking the kill chain 03:09 - Ad 05:17 - Visual camouflage 08:36 - Thermal and electromagnetic signatures 13:15 - Hiding your tracks and decoys 17:07 - Channel updates Recorded on: July 8, 2026 Written by: Kyle Gunn Edited by: Savvy Task & Purpose is a military news and culture-oriented channel. We want to foster discussion about the defense industry. Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/73eTfddFMy Merchandise: store.taskandpurpose.com Like this video? You'll love https://taskandpurpose.com/ Sign up for the T&P newsletter: https://taskandpurpose.com/email-signup/ And you can follow us on social, too: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taskandpurpose/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/taskandpurpose TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taskandpurpose

Go to https://surfshark.com/task or use code TASK at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!

Modern battlefields are covered in sensors. Drones, satellites, thermal cameras, radar, acoustic sensors, electronic warfare systems, and even balloons are all looking for movement, heat, signals, and patterns.

So how does anybody hide anymore?

In this episode, we look at how militaries are adapting camouflage for the drone age. That means more than throwing a net over a vehicle. It means breaking the kill chain: avoiding detection, confusing identification, hiding thermal signatures, controlling radio emissions, moving before the enemy can strike, and using decoys convincing enough to waste missiles, drones, and time.

We cover visual camouflage, multispectral concealment, thermal detection, EMCON, battlefield movement, decoys, and why the boring habits like where troops park, when they transmit, and how long they stay in one place, all may be the difference between surviving and getting spotted.

00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Breaking the kill chain
03:09 - Ad
05:17 - Visual camouflage
08:36 - Thermal and electromagnetic signatures
13:15 - Hiding your tracks and decoys
17:07 - Channel updates

Recorded on: July 8, 2026
Written by: Kyle Gunn
Edited by: Savvy

Task & Purpose is a military news and culture-oriented channel. We want to foster discussion about the defense industry.

Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/73eTfddFMy

Merchandise: store.taskandpurpose.com

Like this video? You'll love https://taskandpurpose.com/

Sign up for the T&P newsletter: https://taskandpurpose.com/email-signup/

And you can follow us on social, too:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taskandpurpose/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taskandpurpose
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taskandpurpose

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How Armies Hide When Drones See Everything

Task & Purpose July 17, 2026 8:43 pm

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