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Xijinping continue to further update Iran on Dotard's military deployment, now fled to Golden Escalator after previously exposed by PLA! MAGA!

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Still well within Allah's missile range, you can run but you can not hide. Iran don't have the satellites, but Xijinping is helping! Xi's Divine finger will point and Allah's missiles will follow Xi's finger to aim at Dotard's corpses of troops! Death Toll ASAP! Fire! Allah Hu Arkbar!


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卫星曝光美军秘密增兵沙特 欲重返海湾地区最大基地

2019年07月20日 14:58 环球时报



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[环球时报综合报道]美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)18日称,最新卫星照片显示,在美国与伊朗关系日益紧张的情况下,美军秘密向沙特增兵数百人,重返美军在海湾地区的最大基地——苏丹王子空军基地。
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卫星图像 图源:CNN
报道称,美国国防部官员承认,预计将有至少500名美军士兵派往沙特首都利雅得以南80公里的苏丹王子空军基地。此前,已经有少量部队和支援人员到达那里,进行部署“爱国者”导弹、整修机场和跑道等前期准备工作。
美国米德尔伯里国际问题研究所东亚防扩散项目主任杰弗里·刘易斯表示,商业卫星拍摄的高分辨率图像显示,美军6月中旬首次被部署到苏丹王子空军基地。6月底和7月初拍摄的卫星图像显示,在后续兵力派驻之前,美军正在对该基地进行工程建设准备。6月27日,机场跑道尽头出现小型军营和工程车辆,跑道东侧的营地已经进行了整修。这是美空军工程兵中队在海外部署的典型特征。

据介绍,苏丹王子空军基地建成于1997年,曾是美军在海湾地区最大的空军基地之一,驻有美军联合空战中心、西南亚联合特遣部队司令部、联合情报中心以及第363空军远征联队等,并配备指挥控制设施,共有约6万名美军和英法军人在这里驻扎过。该基地曾用于指挥美军对伊拉克禁飞区行动,并作为阿富汗战争、伊拉克战争的战斗指挥中心。伊拉克战争结束后,美军于2003年将苏丹王子空军基地交还给沙特政府。
近来美国一直希望向苏丹王子空军基地恢复派驻部队。美国官员称,美国希望能从该基地起飞F-22隐形战斗机,因为“安全评估显示,伊朗导弹对这一偏远地区鞭长莫及”。
上个月,美国政府以伊朗局势紧张为由宣布将向中东增兵1000人,据称这次派往沙特的美军部队即为此次部署的一部分。到目前为止,五角大楼与沙特方面均拒绝就美军进驻沙特苏丹王子空军基地发表评论。一名美官员声称,他们已经得到关于增兵的非正式通知,正式通知预计将在下周公布。届时,美国政府将向国会通报更准确的派兵细节,包括美军派往沙特的军事部署。
报道称,美国增兵沙特这一决定,是在海湾局势紧张、同时美国与沙特关系微妙的情况下做出的。美国国会一直要求为美沙军售“降温”,但特朗普政府强调将保护沙特免受伊朗的侵略。▲ (李子红)





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Satellite exposure, US military secrets, additional troops, Saudi Arabia, want to return to the largest base in the Gulf region


July 20, 2019 14:58 Global Times



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[Global Times comprehensive report] CNN said on the 18th that the latest satellite photos show that under the increasingly tense relationship between the United States and Iran, the US military secretly sent hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia to return to the US military in the Gulf region. The largest base - the Prince of Sudan Air Force Base.

Satellite image Source: CNN

According to reports, US Defense Department officials admitted that at least 500 US soldiers are expected to be sent to the Sultan Prince Air Force Base, 80 kilometers south of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Earlier, a small number of troops and support personnel had arrived there to carry out preparatory work such as deploying Patriot missiles, refurbishing airports and runways.

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asian Non-Proliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies, said that high-resolution images of commercial satellites showed that the US military was first deployed to the Sudanese Prince Air Force Base in mid-June. Satellite images taken at the end of June and early July showed that the US military was preparing for the construction of the base before the follow-up forces were stationed. On June 27th, small military camps and engineering vehicles appeared at the end of the airport runway, and the camp on the east side of the runway was refurbished. This is a typical feature of the US Air Force engineering squadron deployed overseas.

According to reports, the Sultan Prince Air Force Base was established in 1997. It was one of the largest air force bases of the US military in the Gulf region. It is stationed in the United States Joint Air Combat Center, the South-West Asia Joint Task Force Command, the Joint Intelligence Center, and the 363th Air Force Expedition. The team, etc., and equipped with command and control facilities, a total of about 60,000 US troops and British and French soldiers stationed here. The base was used to command the US military's action against the Iraqi no-fly zone and serve as a combat command center for the Afghan war and the Iraq war. After the end of the Iraq war, the US military returned the Sultan Prince Air Force Base to the Saudi government in 2003.

Recently, the United States has been hoping to resume its troops to the Sultan Prince Air Force Base. US officials said the United States hopes to take off the F-22 stealth fighter from the base because "security assessments show that Iranian missiles are beyond the reach of this remote region."

Last month, the US government announced that it would send 1,000 troops to the Middle East on the grounds of tension in Iran. It is said that the US troops sent to Saudi Arabia are part of this deployment. So far, the Pentagon and Saudi Arabia have refused to comment on the US military's presence in the Saudi Arabian Air Force Base. A US official claimed that they had received an informal notice about the surge, and a formal notice is expected to be announced next week. By then, the US government will inform Congress of the more accurate details of the troops, including the military deployment of the US military to Saudi Arabia.

According to the report, the decision to increase the number of troops in Saudi Arabia was made in the context of the tense situation in the Gulf and the delicate relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The US Congress has been demanding "cooling down" for the US military, but the Trump administration has emphasized protecting Saudi Arabia from Iran's aggression. ▲ (李子红)
 
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