US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba

Russia’s Kazan nuclear-powered submarine arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday (Ariel Ley/AP)

A US Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

US Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the US base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after a Russian frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue tug crossed into Havana Bay after drills in the Atlantic Ocean.