Seizure reveals cold war arms trade
Cuba’s admission that it was secretly sending ageing weapons systems to North Korea turned the global spotlight on a little-known link in a secretive network of rusting freighters and charter jets that moves weapons to and from North Korea, defying United Nations sanctions.
The revelation that Cuba was shipping the arms, purportedly to be repaired and returned, is certain to jeopardise slowly-warming ties between Washington and Havana, although the extent of the damage remains uncertain.
