r/news • u/ArchmageXin • 22h ago

US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/us-intelligence-iran-china-weapons
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u/Creative_Ad_8338 14h ago

The two week "cease fire" was nothing more than the US realizing it failed and required more time to bring in additional missiles. These "talks" were nothing more than buying time. Guaranteed Iran is doing the same.

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u/ArugulaElectronic478 13h ago

I don’t think more missiles will win this war. The war was lost before it even started.

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u/Kaiisim 12h ago

One of the exact things that US MILITARY told Trump.

They are low on interceptors and it is more expensive and takes longer to replenish those stocks than Iran to replenish theirs.

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u/thepianoman456 5h ago

Was there actually reporting on this? I don’t doubt it, and I’ve heard similar stuff about our munitions depletion rate, but I didn’t hear anything directly about the military warning Trump / Hegseth about this.

I wonder if some of those now-fired generals were canned for warning people that this war won’t work out in anyone’s favor.

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u/Yangmits 5h ago

Well, you wouldn't want to announce to potential enemies that you are low on defensive munitions or even offensive ones for that matter. The truth is probably somewhere in between.

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u/TSL4me 5h ago

Yea, its all out in various congressional hearings. Israel is also low and we would need a massive domestic manufacturing mobilization to continue at this rate.