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United States intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported on April 11, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.
The report came amid a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, which was brokered by Pakistan, reportedly with help from China.
Two of the sources told the news channel that there are indications that Beijing is working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their true origin.
The systems Beijing is preparing to transfer are man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), the sources said, which posed an asymmetric threat to low-flying U.S. warplanes throughout the course of the five-week war and could again if the ceasefire falls apart.
U.S. President Trump indicated during a press conference on April 6 that the F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran last week was hit by a “handheld shoulder missile, [a] heat-seeking missile,” and Iran said it had used a “new” air defense system to hit the jet without providing more details.
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington told CNN that the country “has never provided weapons to any party to the conflict; the information in question is untrue.”
“As a responsible major country, China consistently fulfills its international obligations. We urge the U.S. side to refrain from making baseless allegations, maliciously drawing connections, and engaging in sensationalism; we hope that relevant parties will do more to help de-escalate tensions,” the spokesman added
Sources who spoke to CNN said that the Chinese could also make the argument that air defense systems are defensive rather than offensive in nature.
It’s worth noting that right after the ceasefire came into effect, Trump warned that imports from countries supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate 50 percent tariffs with no exemptions.
The report didn’t name any specific type of MANPADS that China could ship to Iran, but one option could be the country’s latest FN-16.
The system, developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, features an infrared, ultraviolet dual-spectrum seeker, with an engagement range of six kilometers, and an altitude of four kilometers.
MANPADS like the FN-16 could help Iran further limit the freedom of operation in its airspace for both the U.S. and Israel if the war resumes.
However, in order to regain full control over its airspace, Iran will need more sophisticated air defenses, ones that are capable of engaging warplanes on the medium range.
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“the report didn’t name any specific type of manpads that china could ship to iran, but one option could be the country’s latest fn-16.”
in the end it does not matter. china does not owe the muripigs any explantation.
the prc needs to thoughtfully reflect on how this current conflagration with iran could have been completely avoided had they not cut deals with the u.$. after the events of 9/11 and brought those event(s) in lower manhattan and washington to the floor of the unsc for investigation when the 9/11 commission report came to the american peoples attention -3 years later.
had they done so (after they knew who did it within the first year of it happening) i believe as do many others that have witnessed their business dealings with the u.$. since including h1-b visa(s) on tap, their silk road would have included an oil and gas pipeline being built from iran through afghanistan to china which was the premise for the u.s. mic and energy blocking that effort -none of what has happened in the me would have happened -or could have been stalled.
post ww2, how many nations have the muripigs gone to war with? how many wars has china created? let’s not talk about border disputes, rather actual wars.
good information conan, however we all know hindsight is 20/20.
ok, but forget the past, 9/11 and such. china for decades has viewed the entire planet as a means for mutual beneficial cooperation.
the american handlers look through a microscope and ask “who can we bomb today for the benefit of our ultra wealthy degenerates”.
a normal person can see, hear and feel the difference between the two nations.
dstroj. i completely understand the long game. but when you place into context the inordinate amount of suffering that yugoslavia, afghanistan and iraq took at that time and based on those pretext(s), that screamed for un intervention it just might have pushed the subordinate un members to the side of the russians and chinese. per your 20/20 we will never know, but i do believe that those two placated the american best and it’s parasite for far too long.
“dstroj. i completely understand the long game. but when you place into context the inordinate…”
certainly agree, but under the assumption “we” are products of the west, (and likely limited in certain understandings), i would say that the east requires peace in order to bankrupt the west with their warmongering ways.
why fight fire with fire if you live near a riverbank? just a thought friend…
peace “always” and that is what the united nations allegedly represents but is the antithesis especially where it is hq’d. this is why the deals they and india conducted with the u.$. after 9/11 were so devastating -not just to what that organization of peace is so supposed to represent under the provision(s) of international law they are obligated to adhere to when member(s) violate the rules of their charter.
this is why the prc and india can never be forgiven for aiding and abetting the u.$. government in removing the evidence/materials from ground zero… q:cui bono?!!! a: in the long run no one!
canada . they orchestrated it all actually it was run through their air force according to actual. occult sources not in the mainstream theatre of operations. allegedly
“america is our barracks” churchill. but not under trump always was, but not atm.
apologies, “explanation”
čína by mala podporiť svojho obchodného partnera irán. irán urobil číne láskavosť, keď sa rozhodol obchodovať v juanoch. svetu mier a mysleniu zdar.
hahahaha yeah right on cue fir the globalist war mongering machine. what a surprise.
“turkish prosecutors have charged netanyahu with genocide and demanded 4596 years in prison.”
topwar
😂
fake symolic process.turkey is nothing but talk
he still needs to strand trial in the hague at the icc and warrants for ben gvir and smotrich still need to be issued. the jews couped the chief prosecutor khan and that is why progress is slow. turkey needs to stop bending over with the zionists stop shipping oil to israel stop fueling the genocide.
agreed itj, however you might have missed the comedic elements in place…
example, there are people online asking for more than almost 4600 years prison sentence for dirtbagyahu….. :)
the hague has zero authority except that which submissive passive servants allow they aren’t above the law. they are the original globalist corporation superpower as thd dutch east india company raiding the entire area fir every cent they could. and giving zero back. allegedly leaving south east asia in poverty.
correct the hague is nato they aren’t neutral they aren’t suisse cheese either.
i think the world should start to hang war criminals again!
should they start with those whe want to legalise homicide? those who reject thou shall not kill aka the anti christians?or do you think that in fact, obviously went over your cranium, that they only hang the disgraced war criminals and shoot the respected then they’re already there?
genocide is legal in gaza. slave boy. hang em. eradicate ! yes you too
hahaha haha genocide was your teams final resolution how did that turn out for you?ramses et al
hahaha you’re so gullible in law anything impossible isn’t legal wake up. take the lollypop out
i wish the trumpster all the best with his sanctions. the russian admin, the chinese admin, the north korean admin, and now the iranian admin, have defanged those sanctions. this weapons order has been in the pipeline, probably well before the usadmin and its jerkoff in isreali launched their latest failure. as has already been pointed out. these weapons are defensive in nature. so, don’t want to lose any aircraft? the answer is obvious.
you’re just so full of ridiculous rhetorical nonsense aren’t you do you actually believe that brainwashed responses that you regurgitate every opportunity?
i know he’s like broken record from hitlers bunker circa 1943.
you’re funny.
look at the mirror kid. what did you just write?
i mean, what was this truce for, if not to re arm israel and us air defense systems… and now they complain? nazi americans and nazi jews are spoiled kids that want to win easy and if you look back they rarely play when they are at a disadvantage… can’t believe the underground level of the brain those populations have reached in the last 30/40 years, mainly acute psychopathy.
nazi ism came from madame blatavsky the occultist fraudulent deceiver. a couple of her devotees set up the nazi party. its all satanic basically. do the research instead of reading comic books its all basically about pharoaism to have that pyramid of power rule the universe with the pope on top imo
exactly right. and she changed the world covertly and occultisbly under everyone’s noses more than just about anyone because of the men who became her followers. like satanist cowley and hubbard and the german crew who turned her aryan perspe tive into nazi ism she based it all loosely on exactly what hubbard made scientology, were aliens from antiquity who the master race blew up in volcanoes and made us into collections of fragmented memories on like a micro fiche screen. etc
truce is ended iran blew up the deal like a time bomb refusing to stop chanting to death to ameerica and we will build the nuclear bomb.
so now uk nato eu axis are spitting dummies accusing trump of meddling in their globalist plans and ganging up to see the agenda 2030 rolled out as they planned 100 years ago. allegedly naturally. they’re just so transparent though really unbelievable actually they should draw a diagram.
s-200 can and will do the job too. made in china.
no they aren’t keep up trumps already told them to pack it in or be destroyed.
that’s true he’s warned them to butt out or be sorry course that exactly what china’s handlers wanted, but he would know that and already be three moves ahead
do u think somebody is paying attention to what trump demands? really?
iran has taken a beating from those who wish to and plunder. a logical move by china. the us zionist war mafia can not defeat iran. why not help the good guys and get some oil while your at it.
grow up tbey dont want oil anymore. stop living in your propganda fantasy no one needs oil from the straits or iran at all there’s way too much oil for the supppliers liking, they’ve got millions of barrels sitting in reserve as it is. stop being such a dipstick.
u going full retard bro. the wars are for oil control
‘cnn reported . . ‘
whoops. that’s enough. next article please. 🦄
china will be sent nothing to iran.. china always want to play all bases of the game. if they want to sent this small air defence… they only need to do is sent it’s in a military cargo plane . that is simple.
what happened to all the air defense china supposedly sent iran before the epstein alliances last blitzkrieg? i haven’t heard the us brag about destroying any, not have the iranians or western media said any chinese systems shot any aircraft down. the iranians either are still hiding them, or the chinese never sent the systems to begin with.
my ex husband hillbilly bob is now allowed computer access by psychiatrist on condition she uses trump approved but plug
irán debería recibir sistemas de defensa antiaéreas de china, de rusia, corea del norte, también debería aprovechar los recientes diálogos en paquistán para fabricar más misiles y drones de ataque si es que las fábricas iraníes no han sufrido mucho daño, de lo contrario deberían recibir de inmediato misiles, drones de ataque y sus respectivos repuestos de sus aliados chinos, rusos, corea del norte.
estos envíos deberían ser realizados por vía aérea o por barcos en la inmediatez ya que sabemos que hay que aprovechar los diálogos en paquistán para rearmarse y prepararse para cualquier acción por parte de los enemigos.