Ностальгия for the cold war appears to be hitting new highs in Russia this week. Russia is already set to once again be the dominant player in human space flight when the shuttle retires, much to US chagrin. The country is also flexing its military might, sending long-range bombers and one of its massive nuclear powered navy vessels into America’s back yard (maybe).

Just in case you missed the obvious parallels the Russians are also coming to Cuba. With missiles.

“We have tentatively discussed the possibility of assisting Cuba to build its own space centre,” says Russian space agency chief Anatoly Perminov (RIA Novosti).

Perminov added, “With our Cuban colleagues, we discussed the possibilities of joint use of space equipment … and the joint use of space communications systems.” (Itar TASS, via Reuters).