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| Shoulder-launched missile used to down US jet over Iran last month was likely Chinese — report |
| 2026-05-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] The shoulder-launched missile used to down the F-15 fighter jet over southwest Iran last month was likely made by China, NBC reports, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. One of those sources and a US official told NBC that China may have also given Iran stealth aircraft and long-range early-warning radar equipment early in the war launched by Israel and the US on February 28, the network says. The sources say the downing of the jet, which set off a 36-hour race to find the pilot, is still being investigated. US President Donald Trump said last month that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping not to provide weapons to Iran. Xi assured Trump “that, essentially, he’s not doing that,” Trump said at the time. |
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