Sentence:  Somehow , the pictures and stories of Soviet T-34 <WSD>tanks</WSD> on Cuban beaches and Russian Mig jet fighters strafing rebel troops has brought home to all of us the stark , blunt truth of what it means to have a Russian military base 90 miles away from home . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads