Intelligence from Chinese groups aiding in Iran’s increasingly effective targeting of US sites, sources say (edition.cnn.com)

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Satellite imagery and intelligence support provided by Chinese groups have helped Iran threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz and launch precision strikes on US military bases in the Middle East, part of a dramatic improvement in Iranian targeting capabilities over the past several months, according to a series of recent American intelligence assessments described to CNN by four sources.

The imagery allowed Iran to strike a US base in Jordan in July, a strike that killed three American service members, with a level of precision US officials believe was otherwise beyond Iran’s capabilities, the sources said.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

In contrast:

Trump calls historic White House meeting with China's Xi Jinping 'great'

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Happy for them

[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Sources have a major hardon for a kinetic conflict with China.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I wonder if these things are expected to cause us folks to have a more negative outlook on china because if so I don't think it will work.

[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

You bet if we hadn't gotten wrapped up in Iran, China would be public enemy #1.

The US is a fading empire, and it will not go gently.

There is a disturbing amount of anti-Chinese propaganda put out on this channel.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

don't get me wrong im not a big china proponent. I would not want to live there and if I had the means I would not visit despite the many things I would like to see. Similar to me having balked at a job in saudi arabia early in my career because. well. saudi arabia. im not comfortable being apart of something that is not run with a democratic structure. all the same it the us who is moving facist and starting wars atm. A democratic structure is no good if its not being followed.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I think it's more about trump being a traitor?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

yeah just foreign intelligence undermining us operation. yeah an operation no patriotic american (real ones who believe in the constituion not the flag wavers) approves of and an action that no matter how bad iran or any country is still makes us the bad guys (one of the things that make us the bad guys now and we had stuff before just not so much at one time).

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