Increasingly countries are able to resist U.S. imperialism’s most violent, unpredictable attacks and overwhelming firepower by sharing simple technology, resisting U.S. sanctions and increasing trade with each other.

Iran has made stunning progress in self-defense capability by developing many thousands of relatively low tech, far less expensive drones. The Pentagon and the Zionist military is forced to burn through precious supplies of fabulously expensive and complex interceptor missiles in an effort to block barrages of Iranian drones that are very effective.

Until recently the U.S. had a chokehold on many forms of technology. Those days are past.

Iran has acquired significant and strategic technological, military, and surveillance capability from China, strengthening its defense capabilities and internal security infrastructure. Key areas include missile components, air defense systems, drone technology, AI-enabled surveillance, and satellite navigation via the Beidou system to track U.S. forces. This boosts Iran’s operational capabilities.

Although satellites are now precise enough to read the license on a car from space, all of the maps available commercially are clouded over on U.S. bases and important industrial and military sites. Only the Pentagon had full access or the ability to read in real time tens of thousands of complex images.

Real-Time Intelligence Sharing

But once technology exists it is impossible to keep it in a box.

China has utilized its fleet of 500+ satellites to provide the world with constant SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) and terrain mapping. This support helps Iran track US naval movements in the Persian Gulf in real-time.

Chinese commercial satellite firms, notably MizarVision, have publicly released high-resolution, AI-annotated, satellite images of U.S. military bases and assets throughout West Asia.

The company specializes in generating geospatial intelligence. The images appear in near-real time. So U.S. aircraft, naval vessels, and air defense systems (such as Patriot and THAAD systems) are visible in locations including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain.

Conventional armed forces are now vulnerable to observation from hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit. A number of the facilities and assets posted by MizarVision were subsequently targeted by Iran in missile and drone strikes, which were launched after the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury on 28 February.

The deluge of material shows how difficult it has become to hide military assets.

MizarVision’s account on X media site made its first post on 24 February, four days before the U.S. launched their sneak attack.

This now publicly accessible imagery can be downloaded almost immediately, offering a cheap source of real-time intelligence. The images of U.S. bases, naval groups and air defense systems, are all labelled and geolocated using artificial intelligence.

China has also supplied to Iran advanced UHF-band radars like the YLC-8B, which uses low-frequency waves to negate the radar-absorbent coatings used by US stealth bombers and fighters.

Iran has been able to transition to the Chinese BeiDou satellite navigation system as an alternative to the US-created GPS system to avoid manipulation and prevent US intelligence from using it to track Iranian targets within the country.

It is well known that in the face of the harshest U.S. sanctions against Iran and a demand that every other nation comply with U.S. sanctions and join in blockading Iran, China has continued a steady trade with Iran utilizing both open trade and shadow fleets. China accounts for 80 to 90% of Iran’s total oil exports. Other key imports include Liquified Natural Gas – LNG, petrochemicals, plastics, iron/steel, copper and mineral-based products.

This life line is part of a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement signed in 2021. In return China gives concrete assistance in infrastructure development, providing machinery, mechanical appliances, and parts, electrical machinery and electronics, tractors and trucks.

China has provided extensive diplomatic support for Iran, denouncing the US-Israeli war as being a flagrant violation of international law, and demanding at the UN Security Council that Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity should be respected and that the US should immediately stop their military operations. China has also clearly pledged continuing humanitarian assistance.

The most important component is Iran’s determination to defend itself and to acquire the technology, training and skills to maintain and strengthen its sovereignty.

Increasingly countries determined to survive U.S. domination recognize the value of sharing skills and technology in confronting a vicious system built on maximizing profits to billionaire corporations.

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New York, NY – On the evening of December 6, the Manhattan office of Workers World buzzed with activists, writers and community members gathered to celebrate the launch of China Changes Everything, a new anthology produced by Friends of Socialist China (FOSC).

Edited and compiled by FOSC, China Changes Everything offers a sweeping, politically grounded portrait of China’s socialist project. With chapters covering topics from green energy transitions and universal healthcare initiatives to high-speed rail networks stitching together rural and urban communities, the book documents China’s model for development.

Speakers at the launch included a number of contributing authors who gave talks about their chapters’ focus and offered insights on both China’s achievements. FRSO leader Mick Kelly, whose chapter is titled “An Analysis of the Escalating U.S. Threats Toward China,” spoke to Washington’s military encirclement and the motives behind Trump’s tariff war.

Syd Loving, who contributed the chapter, “Reflections on How China is Building Socialism,” emphasized the on-the-ground changes behind China’s model. Loving stated, “With lifting 800 million people out of extreme poverty, we are seeing the construction of a society where serving the people is real, and that takes priority over chasing the highest profits. In the U.S., the development that exists is for the few, not for the many. In China, development that leaves people behind is seen as a failure.”

Loving continued, “There are two visions for the future. For the U.S., the vision is more division, more greed and more wars. What’s happening in China and the relationships being built with the rest of the world show that the vision is actually more equality and more peace.”

Speakers expressed that the book arrives at a pivotal moment. One attendee, a longtime anti-war organizer, said, “China is a hot topic, sometimes misunderstood, sometimes feared. The U.S. is ramping up Cold War-style propaganda every day. This book is only going to become more important– it features actual experts and cuts through the noise.”

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