HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s president said Monday his country had a legitimate right to respond to a potential United States (US) attack following US claims that the island is considering staging drone attacks on US targets.

US news site Axios on Sunday quoted US intelligence sources as claiming that Cuba had obtained more than 300 military drones with a view to possibly attacking the US base at Guantanamo Bay, US military vessels and possibly even Florida.

Axios quoted unnamed US officials as saying that Cuba’s acquisition of attack drones from Russia and Iran was proof of the “growing threat” that the Caribbean island nation poses to the United States.