Chinese satellite imagery of Middle East bases is helping Iran, US intelligence says

Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 6 April 2026 | Henry Zwartz, Kathleen Calderwood

[BlackVeil]

A Chinese company's publication of AI-enhanced satellite images of US bases in the Middle East is helping Iranian forces identify targets, US intelligence believes.

The ABC has been briefed on the intelligence by a source inside US defence, who says ...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; clintonlegacy; iran; iranwar

[BlackVeil]

Unnamed sources, but quite a lot of detail in the story.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Russia too.

[ealgeone]

Would be ashamed if something happened to your nice satellite.

[faithhopecharity]

As far as I’m concerned, if communist China or Russia is supplying target information to the Iranian mullahs, it is an actionable act of war against USA and needs to be dealt with that way. China needs access to the oil, USA has (or will in a few days) have control of that.

[chud]

Yep. This isn't just a war with Iran.
It's a war with Iran, Russia, and China.

[thegagline]

As far as I’m concerned, if communist China or Russia is supplying target information to the Iranian mullahs, it is an actionable act of war against USA and needs to be dealt with that way.

Following your logic, the United States has committed “an actionable act of war” against Russia by providing targeting information to Ukraine.

[Antioch]

Well we are, after all, practically at war with China, so is it any surprise that they’d help Iran? The US feeds targeting data to Ukraine so they can hit Russian refineries (in addition to actually operating Himars for strikes on Russia), so is it mind blowing that they’d also help Iran? What, it isn’t “fair”?

[marktwain]

Following your logic, the United States has committed “an actionable act of war” against Russia by providing targeting information to Ukraine.

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Correct. All nuclear powers know access to space is critical to survival.

So do those without nuclear power, but they cannot do much about it.

[Leaning Right]

Good argument yours. I won’t comment on our involvement in Ukraine or Iran, because such discussions here usually devolve into insult matches.

Instead I will mention something George Washington said (not as a rule, but advice):
Avoid foreign entanglements.

[tinamina]

I’ve been wondering about China’s help for a long time. They are the ones who get most of the oil after all. They probably signed a defense contractor with Iran. I think we’re actually at war with China. That’s why they’re not giving up

[jerod]

Yup... The Russian’s aren’t involved at all... LOL

[Mr. Mojo]

All the more reason to take complete control of Kharg

[Nextrush]

Guess its World War III but no one will admit it especially the POTUS.

Think what that would do to the markets.

[doc maverick]

“The Pentagon believes the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is using the AI-enhanced satellite imagery to help target sites, according to a source within the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the intelligence branch of the American military.”
I am skeptical of articles claiming info from UNNAMED SOURCES.
Russia’s been fighting for years and still hasn’t won any war.
The CCP might be helping Iran, but not enough to make a dent. They won’t even help their BRICS buddy, Putin.

[sauropod]

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[VTenigma]

Ummm, we’ve been doing that exact thing for Ukraine. Supplying intelligence, weapons, contract soldiers, money to run their government and pay pensions.

[mass55th]

We helped China militarily and financially in WWII, and they worked with us in the China, Burma, India theater. Then they shoved it up our arses by helping North Korea and sending its troops into that country to kill our troops. In Vietnam, they aided and abetted North Vietnam. Same thing can be said of Russia, but Russia is no longer a communist country.

I've never understood why Nixon opened trade with China which still remains a communist nation, as are Cuba and Vietnam. Why are we trading with countries that remain communist? And especially, why are we so dependent on China for certain products? Bill Clinton and the a-hole Republicans gave China "most favored nation" status in the United States–China Relations Act of 2000 that was signed into law October 10, 2000. As usual, Republicans stuck it up the poop-shoot of every law-abiding American citizen. Denny Hastert was the House speaker, and Trent Lott was Senate Majority Leader.

This country should not be doing business with any communist country, nor should anyone from those countries be allowed to come here.

[mass55th]

"Yep. This isn't just a war with Iran. It's a war with Iran, Russia, and China."

So was the "police action" in Korea and the war in Vietnam..all three are proxy wars.

[McGruff]

This is not new news.

The Chinese satellite company MizarVision has provided the exact coordinates of the American aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the Red Sea. The ship is currently located approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Its air group's aircraft are expected to participate in repelling Iranian missile attacks.

https://x.com/amborin/status/2030671847751385186

[dennisw]

“It’s a war with Iran, Russia, and China.”

I have been saying this since Putin invaded Ukraine. Part of their goal is crash the USD and have Iran/China establish oil pricing for all oil pumping nations in the Middle East. As in China gets its oil at a steep discount. And pays in petro-Yuans.