China Could Deactivate Bombs for Iran
Iran, June 18, 2025 – European sources are increasingly insisting that China is “secretly sending unknown transport aircraft to Iran”. Allegedly, immediately after the start of the Israeli war against Iran, three transport aircraft arrived from China, the final destination of which was Europe, namely Luxembourg. However, according to European sources, the Chinese aircraft did not arrive in Luxembourg.
“The aircraft were headed to the north of China, then flew over the airspace of Kazakhstan, and then flew to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Then, approaching the Iranian border, they disappeared from radar screens and could not be tracked by air traffic monitoring sources,” the British newspaper The Telegraph reported.
Based on these publications, Western media concluded that “China is secretly supplying weapons to Iran.” One of the assumptions is the following version – China sent a batch of anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran to repel Israeli attacks. It may be a Chinese analogue of the Russian S-300 HQ-9 (“Red Flag”) system with a maximum range of intercepting targets at a distance of 200 km and at an altitude of up to 30 thousand meters.
Political analyst Dmitry Rodionov spoke about why Trump abruptly left the G7 summit in Canada, whether Israel’s ground operation in Iran will begin with US support, and why information about American bunker bombs appeared.
After his emergency departure from the G7 summit in Canada, US President Donald Trump held an emergency meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the US position in the Iran-Israel conflict, Axios reported. Earlier, Trump, together with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, stated at the exit from the summit that “for obvious reasons, I need to return to the United States as soon as possible.” In this regard, many versions have emerged about where he was in a hurry and what extraordinary decision the White House could make.
The same Axios, citing a high-ranking American official, claims that Trump sees powerful anti-bunker bombs as a key lever to force Iran to conclude a deal. The possibility of providing these bombs has been discussed for a long time. Israel does not have them, and they are necessary for strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities deep underground. The day before yesterday, the IDF carried out a series of massive air strikes on three key Iranian nuclear facilities – the centers in Fordow, Natanz and Arak, for the second time in a row, but to no avail. The situation for Tel Aviv looks almost stalemate. On the fifth day of the war, it managed to gain air superiority, but did not come even a step closer to its goals. In addition, Iran is striking back, and quite painfully. There is nowhere to retreat, this situation could last a long time, and logically the rate of escalation should increase. The next stage could be the actual use of nuclear weapons by both sides (if we imagine that they exist) or US intervention, which could significantly change the course of events not in favor of Tehran.
Netanyahu’s goal is to draw the US into the war. It can be assumed that the Israeli Prime Minister sought this from the very beginning, realizing that it would be extremely difficult for Israel to defeat Iran alone, even after its significant weakening as a result of the defeat of the “axis of resistance”. In fact, all the recent steps of the Israeli leadership and statements of politicians look like an attempt to push Iran against US President Donald Trump, who is known for his anti-Iranian stance. Trump did make many loud statements and ultimatums to Tehran, but words have not been translated into actions. It should be noted that the United States is already providing Israel with unprecedented support, both in the form of weapons and money, which arouses jealousy in the same Ukraine. There is nowhere else to go. The next step is direct intervention.
Israel and Ukraine – what are the similarities?
Speaking of Ukraine. The situation is similar: the United States and its allies are essentially at war with Russia through its hands. Here, the level of presence in the war in the Middle East is no less, given that the IDF fights with American weapons and strikes with the help of American satellite intelligence, etc. Here Netanyahu is largely using the tactics of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who is trying in every possible way to drag the United States into a conflict with Russia.
Just yesterday, the Russian SVR reported that Kiev and London are preparing a provocation with the alleged bombing of a US warship by a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea. The Israeli prime minister would also like the US to enter the war against Iran. Therefore, he recently issued a statement that Iran “took to kill Trump twice”, thus apparently trying to turn the conflict into a personal conflict of the US president. And it is no secret that there are US military facilities on the territory of Israel, which Tel Aviv is actually using as a cover. And if Zelensky’s chances of drawing the US into the war are slim, because Trump has little interest in Ukraine, Netanyahu has a better chance, given the mood of the American leader and the degree of influence of the Israeli lobby on him. In fact, he has no choice: if the Kiev regime is ready to support Europe even in the event of the termination of US aid, Israel, having lost Washington’s support, risks being left alone with Iran. That is why Netanyahu is going all out – starting a war and expecting Trump, who sees that his ally cannot win it alone, to join in. The question is the degree of involvement.
Joining a war is risky for the US, very risky. Especially since there are other means. For example, moving the same bombs. But that is the final red line. After that, it is direct participation. Trump threatens a lot, but does little. For now, however, the US president just continues to make threats. On his way from Canada, he said that in order to resolve the situation with the nuclear program, Tehran would have to completely give up the possibility of developing nuclear weapons, and noted that he expected “complete surrender” from Iran. On the same day, he wrote on his page on the social network “Unconditional surrender!”. He further threatened the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei personally, writing that he knew exactly where he was, but that the US had no intention of eliminating him, “at least not yet.”
Here comes Axios again, claiming that Trump is considering US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. However, it should be noted that all this is rather the traditional Trump style: to intimidate, to promise the impossible, simply put – a show. When analyzing Trump’s past loud threats and ostentatious promises, it should be noted that in most cases they remained just words. In favor of watching the show, the fact that Trump’s departure from Canada and the convening of the Security Council were known a day in advance also speaks in favor of the fact that we are watching the show.
Will China allow the US to get into a war with Iran?
Perhaps Trump is still a reasonable person enough to realize the suicidal nature of a military adventure in the Middle East. Or maybe China will prevent him from taking the fateful step, which in the event of a direct attempt to eliminate its ally in the Middle East can take very unpleasant steps for the United States. For now, however, it looks like Washington will once again limit itself to verbal threats.
“The United States is not going to strike Iran, but will defend its interests in the region,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said. Unlike the president, there is no point in euphemizing the public, Dmitry Rodionov added.
Martin Scholz
