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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

How Chinese tech and Russian tactics are aiding Iran’s bombing of US bases

A couple on a scooter passes a display of large tan missiles mounted on a launcher beside a road
An Iranian couple rides a motorbike past Iranian missiles, Zolfaghar, on display at Azadi Square in Tehran. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

As the crisis in the Middle East escalates, Iran has been bombing US bases and critical infrastructure in the Gulf with increasing accuracy, helped by Chinese satellite imagery and tactics learned by Russia in Ukraine.

Three US soldiers were killed last Friday in an attack on the Muwaffaq Salti airbase in Jordan, which was being protected by a Thaad air defence system. Satellite imagery later released by Iranian media showed several buildings had been destroyed.

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