Suspected Iranian strikes raise US concerns over Chinese missile proliferation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jack Detsch

Jack Detsch

Sep 17, 2019

The domestically built mobile missile defence system Bavar-373 is displayed on the National Defence Industry Day in Tehran, Iran August 22, 2019. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC18AD146FB0 — The domestically built mobile missile defense system Bavar-373 is displayed on National Defense Industry Day in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22, 2019. — Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

The Donald Trump administration is concerned that US adversaries such as China are abetting Iran’s growing missile arsenal, which is suspected to have been used in strikes against Saudi oil facilities this weekend.

The US government reportedly believes Iran carried out Saturday’s attacks against an Aramco facility in Abiqaiq along the Arabian Gulf using cruise missiles and drones launched from inside Iran.

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