US military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions rise

"Leaving flight transponders on 'is likely deliberate', said UK drone expert Dr Steve Wright, with the US intending to send 'a clear message it has eyes in the sky to maintain the squeeze'."

— Steve Wright , Activist

"Rubio blamed the island's 'unimaginable hardships' on its communist leadership - and not the US fuel blockade."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"The recurrent flight paths of the surveillance aircraft indicate an intention to spot ship arrivals from the south, primarily, and secondarily from the north."

— Mark Cancian , Academic