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Is China flexing its intelligence muscle by tracking US military moves near Iran?
South China Morning Post
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Is China flexing its intelligence muscle by tracking US military moves near Iran?

South China Morning Post · Feb 25, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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A Chinese private company has drawn the attention of security watchers after detailing US military deployments near Iran, a move experts say underlines Beijing’s intelligence abilities. MizarVision, a Chinese commercial intelligence analysis firm, has consistently published monitoring posts regarding American military movements on social media over the past two years. But it has attracted fresh attention in the past month with an increase in the frequency and granularity of its posts and by...

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A Chinese private company has drawn the attention of security watchers after detailing US military deployments near Iran, a move experts say underlines Beijing’s intelligence abilities.But it has attracted fresh attention in the past month with an increase in the frequency and granularity of its posts and by including detailed deployments of various US military assets across Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Greece and Qatar.Amid escalating tensions in Iran and possible military action by Washington, the updates have detailed the exact numbers and models of US jets parked at the facilities, as well as their air defence systems.MizarVision’s latest update on Wednesday followed the arrival of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, at Crete, Greece’s largest island.The carrier is believed to be part of America’s biggest military build-up in the Middle East and its vicinity since the Iraq war in 2003.

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