1. Iran procures 400 units of China’s J-10 fighter jets with PL-15 air-to-air missiles
Reportedly, Iran is to purchase as many as 400 China’s J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles, which will overwhelm Israel’s obsolete F-16 fighter jets and possibly F-35s as well. [1][2][3][4]
This is really great news and literally a game changer.
If materialized, China’s supply of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets with PL-15 air-to-air missiles will ensure Iran to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Israel and the US’s unprovoked attack against Iran was a war crime of aggression by definition and a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter.
On the other hand, Iran’s counter-attack against Israel’s mainland and the US’s military base was legitimate and legal self-defense under the article 51 of the UN Charter.
Therefore, China’s supply of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets with PL-15 air-to-air missiles is legitimate and legal under international law and the UN Charter in every bit of it, vindicating and enhancing the principles of the UN Charter.
China’s PL-15 has an operational range of as long as 300 km. It will outrange the US made AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles of Israel, which have operational ranges of only 35 km and 75 - 160 km respectively.
[China’s J-10 fighter jet]
[China’s PL-15 air-to-air missile that has an operational range of 300 km]
In fact, in May 2025, China-made J-10 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles shot down France-made Rafale 4.5-generation fighter jets of Indian Air Force.
Rafale, a 4.5 generation aircraft, generally surpasses the F-16, a 4th generation jet. Therefore, J-10s equipped with PL-15 AAMs can shoot down Israel’s F-16s instantly. PL-15 AAMs can possibly shoot down F-35s too.
[Israel’s F-16 fighter jets provided by the US]
[AIM-9 Sidewinder that has an operational range of only 35 km]
[AIM-120 AMRAAM that has an operational range of only 75-160 km]
Currently, Israel Air Force has aircraft as follows:
F-16 174 units
F-15 66 units
F-35 45 units [5]
Israel is boasting it has complete air superiority over Iran. However, the situation will be turned over soon.
When Iran procures 400 units of J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 missiles, Iran’s Air Force will not only regain air superiority over Iran but patrol the sky over Palestine and Golan Heights as well to expel war criminal Israel’s warplanes.
Eventually, Iran’s 400 units of J-10 with PL-15 AAMs will gradually and steadily destroy Israel’s F-16s and F-15s. With remaining only 45 units of F-35s, Israel’s Air Force will collapse.
According to a news report, there had been a talk of Iran’s purchase of J-10s back in 2005 too. However, it hadn’t come to fruition because Iran had proposed a barter transaction between Iran’s oil and gas and J-10s, which China hadn’t accepted. [6]
For the purpose of solving the payment issue, perhaps, some BRICS plus countries can purchase Iran’s oil and gas and pay the prices with hard currency toward China as subrogation of the prices of J-10s and PL-15s.
2. Arab countries can procure J-10 fighter jets and attack drones from China
In addition, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan can possibly procure 100s of China’s J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles respectively, which will destroy Israel’s ugly ambition of establishing Greater Israel.
Iran and Arab countries’ J-10s combined, a thousand of J-10s would dominate the sky over Israel, having complete air superiority over Israel.
Also, China can supply hundreds of thousands of military drones to Arab countries surrounding Israel too. Arab countries would use drones to attack Israel’s supply lines to Gaza and destroy Israel’s Merkava tanks and armored personnel carriers.
The US Air Force will not come to help Israel because the US Air Force’s inventory of aircraft is not abundant.
Currently, the US Air Force has the following aircraft:
F-16 762 units
F-15 363 units
F-35 302 units
F-22 183 units [7]
These aircraft are dispersed and scattered widely in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US mainland. The US Air Force can never outnumber.
F-16 and F-15 are inferior to J-10 with PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
F-35 and F-22 are equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles with shorter operational range than China’s PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
Actually, when Iran’s missile attack to the US Air Force bases was imminent, the US hurriedly withdrew its aircraft from the US Air Force bases in the Middle East, leaving Israel alone and unprotected. [8]
The US Air Force had no choice but to withdraw because the US has no defense against Iran’s hypersonic ballistic missiles.
[Satellite images clearly show the US Air Force aircraft’s withdrawal from Al Udeid air base in Qatar ahead of Iranian strike]
The US has proved that it only uses its allies for the US’s selfish interests and abandon its allies when they really need the US’s help.
3. Mid-term and long-term ramification of China’s supply of J-10 fighter jets
The most fundamental mid-term and long term ramification of Iran’s procurement of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets is that many countries would follow Iran’s example by canceling F-16 and F-35 and procuring J-10 and other China’s fighter jets instead.
This will be an extremely heavy blow to the US military industrial complex.
This trend is quite understandable and even inevitable, considering the fact that J-10 is estimated to cost US$ 40-50 million per unit, compared to less capable F-16 of US$ 60-80 and more expensive F-35 of US$ 80-100.
Pakistan has already procured 36 units of J-10 fighter jets.
Reportedly, Egypt is planning to purchase the J-10 rather than upgrading its fleet of existing F-16. [9]
Azerbaijan has shown a keen interest in J-10.
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh are also contemplating to get J-10 fighter jets. [10]
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, which is manufacturing J-10 fighter jets, had better expand its production facilities 5 times larger.
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation would massively use humanoid robots which can work 24 hours a day to reduce production cost even further.
Iran, Egypt and other countries’ combined procurement of J-10 fighter jets would ensure the scale merit, which would reduce production cost even further.
J-10, which is currently estimated to cost US$ 40-50 million per unit, would possibly come to cost only US$ 30-40 million, which would make J-10 super-competitive in defense markets.
Just like China reduced production cost of EVs dramatically, China would reduce production cost of fighter jets significantly.
Incidentally, Chengdu Aircraft Corporation is also manufacturing superior J-20 5th generation fighter jets and developing even superior J-36 6th generation fighter jets.
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype is already flying in the sky.
[Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype]
[Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype]
On the other hand, the US has just appointed Boeing as a main contractor for the US’s 6th generation fighter jets. No F-47 prototype is flying at all. The US is left far behind China.
[The US’s F-47 looks beautiful, but F-47 6th generation fighter jet is still only a “conceptual image”]
Lockheed Marin, Boeing and Raytheon are the top 3 of the US’s defense manufacturers.
[The US’s biggest defense contractors]
Lockheed Martin is manufacturing F-16 and F-35.
Boeing is manufacturing F-15.
Boeing is also manufacturing Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed in 2018 and 2019, and Boeing 787, which crashed in 2025.
Raytheon is manufacturing AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles.
If Saudi Arabia determines to procure J-10 fighter jets, it would be devastating to the US military industrial complex because Saudi Arabia is the top buyer of US weapons in the world.
China would supply more excellent and less expensive weapons to BRICS plus, SCO and the Global South countries, thereby forcing Western military industries including the US military industries decline and ultimately go bankrupted.
China’s military defeats the US’s military not in a battle field but in global markets without fighting.
Obviously, Sun Tzu is superior to Carl von Clausewitz.
[“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” - Sun Tzu]
[“War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.” - Carl von Clausewitz]
Being savage and barbaric, the US seeks for a victory in a battlefield, producing enormous casualties on both sides.
Being thoughtful and civilized, China wins in global markets without fighting in a battlefield, avoiding unnecessary casualties on both sides.
4. Ramifications to Taiwan issue
China-made J-10 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles shot down France-made Rafale 4.5-generation fighter jets of Indian Air Force.
Rafale, a 4.5 generation aircraft, generally surpasses the F-16, a 4th generation jet. Therefore, J-10s equipped with PL-15 AAMs can shoot down Israel’s F-16s instantly. PL-15 AAMs can possibly shoot down F-35s too.
This fact has a significant ramification on Taiwan issue.
Taiwan Air Force’s major combat aircraft is 141 units of F-16. They will be shot down instantly by China’s J-10 and J-20 with PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
[China’s J-10 fighter jet]
[China’s J-20 fighter jet]
[Taiwan’s F-16]
[Taiwan’s F-16s would be shot down instantly]
The US Air Force will not come to help Taiwan because the US Air Force’s inventory of aircraft is not abundant.
In June 2025, the US hurriedly withdrew its aircraft from the US Air Force bases in the Middle East, leaving Israel alone and unprotected, when Iran’s missile attack to the US Air Force bases was imminent.
[The US’s Kadena Air Force base in Okinawa, Japan, which is well within the range of China’s hypersonic ballistic missiles, against which the US has no defense]
Likewise, in case of Taiwan crisis, the US Air Force will have no choice but to withdraw from its air force bases in Japan, leaving Taiwan alone and unprotected, because the US has no defense against China’s hypersonic ballistic missiles, which are much more sophisticated than Iran’s hypersonic ballistic missiles.
Taiwan people must realize and admit that a peaceful reunification of China and Taiwan is their only choice.
5. How to deter Israel’s nuclear attack and how to prevent a nuclear domino
Lastly but not the least, examinations must be made on the possibility of Israel’s using nuclear weapons against Iran, how to deter it, and how to prevent a nuclear domino.
It is an open secret that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. It is estimated that Israel has 90-400 nuclear warheads.
Therefore, there is a possibility that, when Israeli is about to be overwhelmed by Iran and Arab countries, Israel might become desperate and make a last ditch effort to attack Iran with nuclear weapons.
Israel is not a country but a religious cult.
Israel calls Moslem people as “Amalek”. Amalek means the enemy of the nation of the Israelites described in the Hebrew Bible. Israel kill Amalek with no mercy. [11]
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu made a notorious televised speech toward Israel people, in which he labeled Gaza people as Amalek, quoting the Hebrew Bible, to justify genocide.
Therefore, Israel might label Iran as Amalek and attack Iran with nuclear weapons, using F-35 to deliver them.
["Even the devil can cite Scripture" Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu declared holy war against Gaza, citing the Hebrew Bible]
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to visit the US in early July to meet with President Trump. He might seek for Trump’s permission for Israel to use nuclear weapons.
What can be done to deter Israel’s using nuclear weapons?
After Israel and the US’s attack and air bombardment against Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran has indicated that Iran would not trust IAEA anymore and kicked out IAEA inspectors out of the country. [12]
[Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian]
It is likely that Iran has already firmly determined to withdraw from NPT and acquire nuclear weapons either by further enriching its 60% enriched uranium or procuring nuclear weapons from DPRK or Pakistan.
In case Iran gets nuclear-armed, Israel would never attack Iran with nuclear weapons because, if Israel attacks Iran with nuclear weapons, Iran’s nuclear retaliation would wipe out Tel Aviv, Haifa and other major cities of Israel.
Given the fact that Israel would never listen to criticism of any country or resolutions of the UN, insisting that it will keep fighting even if all the world nations oppose it, and that the US would keep supporting Israel financially and militarily, nuclear-armed Iran would be the only way to deter Israel, which is not a country but a religious cult.
Unless Iran gets nuclear-armed, Israel, supported by the US, would make a surprise nuclear attack against Iran before long, destroying Tehran and killing all of Iran’s leaders, and carry out a regime change putting Reza Pahlavi, a son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as an emperor of Iran.
Then, Israel, threatening with nuclear weapons and conquering surrounding Arab countries, would establish Greater Israel and then label China as “Amalek”. (Please remember that, after conquering surrounding countries, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union.)
China should not underestimate the US and UK’s firm determination to destroy China. The US and UK would use nuclear-armed Israel as a proxy to attack China.
Given the fact that Israel is not a country but a religious cult with nuclear weapons and committing war crimes of aggression against Iran, supported by the US, Iran’s getting nuclear-armed is justified as self-defense of emergency measures under broad interpretation of the article 51 of the UN Charter.
Iran can declare that, after Israel is disarmed on its illegal possession of nuclear weapons and accepts a two-state solution of Palestine and Israel, Iran would immediately and proudly disarm itself on nuclear weapons.
Now, let’s examine the issue of nuclear domino.
As mentioned above, Iran’s getting nuclear-armed is justified as self-defense of emergency measures under broad interpretation of the article 51 of the UN Charter.
However, when Iran gets nuclear-armed, which is inevitable and necessary to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity, there would emerge a concern that, following Iran’s getting nuclear-armed, a nuclear domino might happen in various regions of the world. [13]
Actually, the US might have attacked Iran for the purpose of making Iran decide to withdraw from NPT and go forward with getting nuclear-armed so that a nuclear domino would take place.
A nuclear domino is not likely to happen in the Middle East because Arab countries do not have indigenous technologies to develop nuclear weapons. The US would not lease nuclear weapons to Arab countries either because Arab countries might modify them by assistance of China or Russia and use them against Israel.
On the other hand, the possibility of nuclear domino in Asia is relatively high. Actually, it seems that this is exactly what the US is aiming at because the US wants to get Japan nuclear-armed and make Japan wage a nuclear war against China.
Immediately after the US attacked Iran, the UK made an announcement that it would procure 12 units of F-35A fighter jets as a carrier of B-61 nuclear weapons as if it were a pre-concerted act with the US. [14]
[UK PM Keir Starmer, making a statement on procurement of F-35A]
The UK ordered 12 F-35A to carry the US made B61 nuclear bombs for the purpose of showing what Japan should do and make Japan imitate it. The US and UK want to make Japan nuclear-armed and wage a nuclear war against China.
The UK knows very well that Japan always acts by imitating. Therefore, the UK decided to show an example to Japan, showing what it wants Japan to do.
The UK knows Japanese people better than Japanese people. The UK knows that Japan doesn’t decide based upon objective facts of the reality but just imitate.
Japan already has 39 units of F-35A.
As for Japan, many right-wing politicians are active, advocating that Japan should get nuclear-armed. They are puppets of the US.
Sanae Takaichi is a hawkish right-wing LDP politician. She is advocating that Japan should accept the US’s forward deployment of nuclear weapons in Japan.
[In April 2025, Sanae Takaichi visited Taiwan and had a meeting with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te]
Nippon-Ishin-no-Kai (The Japan Innovation Party) has been advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed. It is an anti-China party based on the Osaka area.
[All of ex and current leadership members of Nippon-Ishin-no-Kai are anti-China and advocates of Japan’s getting nuclear-armed]
Sanseito (Party of Do It Yourself), a newly formed anti-China far right political party, is vigorously advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed. It is likely that the US is financially supporting the party. Japanese media, which is under control of the US, is promoting Sanseito too.
[Sohei Kamiya, a founder of Sanseito and a graduate of 3rd rate University, is advocating an incredibly absurd idea that Japan should get nuclear-armed by making one of Japan’s small islands an independent country with nuclear weapons]
Military officers are advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed too. In early June, Japan’s retired top generals and admiral held a symposium and advocated sharing nuclear weapons with the US. They are puppets of the US. [15]
[Former Chief of Staff of Joint Staff of Japan Self Defense Force Koji Yamazaki (right) and former Chief of Staff of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Tomohisa Takei (center) advocate sharing nuclear weapons with the US]
Under these circumstances, it would be required that Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone be strongly promoted and advanced.
There are already several nuclear-weapons-free-zones in various regions of the world.
South Korea, where pro-China President Lee Jae Myung has been elected, can start promoting and advocating Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone.
Then, BRICS plus, SCO, ASEAN, Japan and the Global South would support Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone.
Thereafter, the Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone would be established through the UN resolution.
Also, the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone should be promoted too.
BRICS plus issued a statement calling for establishing the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone on June 24th 2025. [16]
After nuclear-armed Iran deters Israel from using nuclear weapons, BRICS plus, SCO and the Global South can apply pressure to Israel so that Israel accepts abandoning nuclear weapons and a two-state solution of Palestine and Israel.
Thereafter, the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone would be established through the UN resolution.
Thank you.
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Reportedly, Iran is to purchase as many as 400 China’s J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles, which will overwhelm Israel’s obsolete F-16 fighter jets and possibly F-35s as well. [1][2][3][4]
This is really great news and literally a game changer.
If materialized, China’s supply of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets with PL-15 air-to-air missiles will ensure Iran to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Israel and the US’s unprovoked attack against Iran was a war crime of aggression by definition and a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter.
On the other hand, Iran’s counter-attack against Israel’s mainland and the US’s military base was legitimate and legal self-defense under the article 51 of the UN Charter.
Therefore, China’s supply of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets with PL-15 air-to-air missiles is legitimate and legal under international law and the UN Charter in every bit of it, vindicating and enhancing the principles of the UN Charter.
China’s PL-15 has an operational range of as long as 300 km. It will outrange the US made AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles of Israel, which have operational ranges of only 35 km and 75 - 160 km respectively.
[China’s J-10 fighter jet]
[China’s PL-15 air-to-air missile that has an operational range of 300 km]
In fact, in May 2025, China-made J-10 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles shot down France-made Rafale 4.5-generation fighter jets of Indian Air Force.
Rafale, a 4.5 generation aircraft, generally surpasses the F-16, a 4th generation jet. Therefore, J-10s equipped with PL-15 AAMs can shoot down Israel’s F-16s instantly. PL-15 AAMs can possibly shoot down F-35s too.
[Israel’s F-16 fighter jets provided by the US]
[AIM-9 Sidewinder that has an operational range of only 35 km]
[AIM-120 AMRAAM that has an operational range of only 75-160 km]
Currently, Israel Air Force has aircraft as follows:
F-16 174 units
F-15 66 units
F-35 45 units [5]
Israel is boasting it has complete air superiority over Iran. However, the situation will be turned over soon.
When Iran procures 400 units of J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 missiles, Iran’s Air Force will not only regain air superiority over Iran but patrol the sky over Palestine and Golan Heights as well to expel war criminal Israel’s warplanes.
Eventually, Iran’s 400 units of J-10 with PL-15 AAMs will gradually and steadily destroy Israel’s F-16s and F-15s. With remaining only 45 units of F-35s, Israel’s Air Force will collapse.
According to a news report, there had been a talk of Iran’s purchase of J-10s back in 2005 too. However, it hadn’t come to fruition because Iran had proposed a barter transaction between Iran’s oil and gas and J-10s, which China hadn’t accepted. [6]
For the purpose of solving the payment issue, perhaps, some BRICS plus countries can purchase Iran’s oil and gas and pay the prices with hard currency toward China as subrogation of the prices of J-10s and PL-15s.
2. Arab countries can procure J-10 fighter jets and attack drones from China
In addition, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan can possibly procure 100s of China’s J-10 fighter jets equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles respectively, which will destroy Israel’s ugly ambition of establishing Greater Israel.
Iran and Arab countries’ J-10s combined, a thousand of J-10s would dominate the sky over Israel, having complete air superiority over Israel.
Also, China can supply hundreds of thousands of military drones to Arab countries surrounding Israel too. Arab countries would use drones to attack Israel’s supply lines to Gaza and destroy Israel’s Merkava tanks and armored personnel carriers.
The US Air Force will not come to help Israel because the US Air Force’s inventory of aircraft is not abundant.
Currently, the US Air Force has the following aircraft:
F-16 762 units
F-15 363 units
F-35 302 units
F-22 183 units [7]
These aircraft are dispersed and scattered widely in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US mainland. The US Air Force can never outnumber.
F-16 and F-15 are inferior to J-10 with PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
F-35 and F-22 are equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles with shorter operational range than China’s PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
Actually, when Iran’s missile attack to the US Air Force bases was imminent, the US hurriedly withdrew its aircraft from the US Air Force bases in the Middle East, leaving Israel alone and unprotected. [8]
The US Air Force had no choice but to withdraw because the US has no defense against Iran’s hypersonic ballistic missiles.
[Satellite images clearly show the US Air Force aircraft’s withdrawal from Al Udeid air base in Qatar ahead of Iranian strike]
The US has proved that it only uses its allies for the US’s selfish interests and abandon its allies when they really need the US’s help.
3. Mid-term and long-term ramification of China’s supply of J-10 fighter jets
The most fundamental mid-term and long term ramification of Iran’s procurement of 400 units of J-10 fighter jets is that many countries would follow Iran’s example by canceling F-16 and F-35 and procuring J-10 and other China’s fighter jets instead.
This will be an extremely heavy blow to the US military industrial complex.
This trend is quite understandable and even inevitable, considering the fact that J-10 is estimated to cost US$ 40-50 million per unit, compared to less capable F-16 of US$ 60-80 and more expensive F-35 of US$ 80-100.
Pakistan has already procured 36 units of J-10 fighter jets.
Reportedly, Egypt is planning to purchase the J-10 rather than upgrading its fleet of existing F-16. [9]
Azerbaijan has shown a keen interest in J-10.
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh are also contemplating to get J-10 fighter jets. [10]
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, which is manufacturing J-10 fighter jets, had better expand its production facilities 5 times larger.
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation would massively use humanoid robots which can work 24 hours a day to reduce production cost even further.
Iran, Egypt and other countries’ combined procurement of J-10 fighter jets would ensure the scale merit, which would reduce production cost even further.
J-10, which is currently estimated to cost US$ 40-50 million per unit, would possibly come to cost only US$ 30-40 million, which would make J-10 super-competitive in defense markets.
Just like China reduced production cost of EVs dramatically, China would reduce production cost of fighter jets significantly.
Incidentally, Chengdu Aircraft Corporation is also manufacturing superior J-20 5th generation fighter jets and developing even superior J-36 6th generation fighter jets.
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype is already flying in the sky.
[Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype]
[Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s J-36 6th generation fighter jet prototype]
On the other hand, the US has just appointed Boeing as a main contractor for the US’s 6th generation fighter jets. No F-47 prototype is flying at all. The US is left far behind China.
[The US’s F-47 looks beautiful, but F-47 6th generation fighter jet is still only a “conceptual image”]
Lockheed Marin, Boeing and Raytheon are the top 3 of the US’s defense manufacturers.
[The US’s biggest defense contractors]
Lockheed Martin is manufacturing F-16 and F-35.
Boeing is manufacturing F-15.
Boeing is also manufacturing Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed in 2018 and 2019, and Boeing 787, which crashed in 2025.
Raytheon is manufacturing AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles.
If Saudi Arabia determines to procure J-10 fighter jets, it would be devastating to the US military industrial complex because Saudi Arabia is the top buyer of US weapons in the world.
China would supply more excellent and less expensive weapons to BRICS plus, SCO and the Global South countries, thereby forcing Western military industries including the US military industries decline and ultimately go bankrupted.
China’s military defeats the US’s military not in a battle field but in global markets without fighting.
Obviously, Sun Tzu is superior to Carl von Clausewitz.
[“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” - Sun Tzu]
[“War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.” - Carl von Clausewitz]
Being savage and barbaric, the US seeks for a victory in a battlefield, producing enormous casualties on both sides.
Being thoughtful and civilized, China wins in global markets without fighting in a battlefield, avoiding unnecessary casualties on both sides.
4. Ramifications to Taiwan issue
China-made J-10 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles shot down France-made Rafale 4.5-generation fighter jets of Indian Air Force.
Rafale, a 4.5 generation aircraft, generally surpasses the F-16, a 4th generation jet. Therefore, J-10s equipped with PL-15 AAMs can shoot down Israel’s F-16s instantly. PL-15 AAMs can possibly shoot down F-35s too.
This fact has a significant ramification on Taiwan issue.
Taiwan Air Force’s major combat aircraft is 141 units of F-16. They will be shot down instantly by China’s J-10 and J-20 with PL-15 air-to-air missiles.
[China’s J-10 fighter jet]
[China’s J-20 fighter jet]
[Taiwan’s F-16]
[Taiwan’s F-16s would be shot down instantly]
The US Air Force will not come to help Taiwan because the US Air Force’s inventory of aircraft is not abundant.
In June 2025, the US hurriedly withdrew its aircraft from the US Air Force bases in the Middle East, leaving Israel alone and unprotected, when Iran’s missile attack to the US Air Force bases was imminent.
[The US’s Kadena Air Force base in Okinawa, Japan, which is well within the range of China’s hypersonic ballistic missiles, against which the US has no defense]
Likewise, in case of Taiwan crisis, the US Air Force will have no choice but to withdraw from its air force bases in Japan, leaving Taiwan alone and unprotected, because the US has no defense against China’s hypersonic ballistic missiles, which are much more sophisticated than Iran’s hypersonic ballistic missiles.
Taiwan people must realize and admit that a peaceful reunification of China and Taiwan is their only choice.
5. How to deter Israel’s nuclear attack and how to prevent a nuclear domino
Lastly but not the least, examinations must be made on the possibility of Israel’s using nuclear weapons against Iran, how to deter it, and how to prevent a nuclear domino.
It is an open secret that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. It is estimated that Israel has 90-400 nuclear warheads.
Therefore, there is a possibility that, when Israeli is about to be overwhelmed by Iran and Arab countries, Israel might become desperate and make a last ditch effort to attack Iran with nuclear weapons.
Israel is not a country but a religious cult.
Israel calls Moslem people as “Amalek”. Amalek means the enemy of the nation of the Israelites described in the Hebrew Bible. Israel kill Amalek with no mercy. [11]
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu made a notorious televised speech toward Israel people, in which he labeled Gaza people as Amalek, quoting the Hebrew Bible, to justify genocide.
Therefore, Israel might label Iran as Amalek and attack Iran with nuclear weapons, using F-35 to deliver them.
["Even the devil can cite Scripture" Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu declared holy war against Gaza, citing the Hebrew Bible]
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to visit the US in early July to meet with President Trump. He might seek for Trump’s permission for Israel to use nuclear weapons.
What can be done to deter Israel’s using nuclear weapons?
After Israel and the US’s attack and air bombardment against Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran has indicated that Iran would not trust IAEA anymore and kicked out IAEA inspectors out of the country. [12]
[Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian]
It is likely that Iran has already firmly determined to withdraw from NPT and acquire nuclear weapons either by further enriching its 60% enriched uranium or procuring nuclear weapons from DPRK or Pakistan.
In case Iran gets nuclear-armed, Israel would never attack Iran with nuclear weapons because, if Israel attacks Iran with nuclear weapons, Iran’s nuclear retaliation would wipe out Tel Aviv, Haifa and other major cities of Israel.
Given the fact that Israel would never listen to criticism of any country or resolutions of the UN, insisting that it will keep fighting even if all the world nations oppose it, and that the US would keep supporting Israel financially and militarily, nuclear-armed Iran would be the only way to deter Israel, which is not a country but a religious cult.
Unless Iran gets nuclear-armed, Israel, supported by the US, would make a surprise nuclear attack against Iran before long, destroying Tehran and killing all of Iran’s leaders, and carry out a regime change putting Reza Pahlavi, a son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as an emperor of Iran.
Then, Israel, threatening with nuclear weapons and conquering surrounding Arab countries, would establish Greater Israel and then label China as “Amalek”. (Please remember that, after conquering surrounding countries, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union.)
China should not underestimate the US and UK’s firm determination to destroy China. The US and UK would use nuclear-armed Israel as a proxy to attack China.
Given the fact that Israel is not a country but a religious cult with nuclear weapons and committing war crimes of aggression against Iran, supported by the US, Iran’s getting nuclear-armed is justified as self-defense of emergency measures under broad interpretation of the article 51 of the UN Charter.
Iran can declare that, after Israel is disarmed on its illegal possession of nuclear weapons and accepts a two-state solution of Palestine and Israel, Iran would immediately and proudly disarm itself on nuclear weapons.
Now, let’s examine the issue of nuclear domino.
As mentioned above, Iran’s getting nuclear-armed is justified as self-defense of emergency measures under broad interpretation of the article 51 of the UN Charter.
However, when Iran gets nuclear-armed, which is inevitable and necessary to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity, there would emerge a concern that, following Iran’s getting nuclear-armed, a nuclear domino might happen in various regions of the world. [13]
Actually, the US might have attacked Iran for the purpose of making Iran decide to withdraw from NPT and go forward with getting nuclear-armed so that a nuclear domino would take place.
A nuclear domino is not likely to happen in the Middle East because Arab countries do not have indigenous technologies to develop nuclear weapons. The US would not lease nuclear weapons to Arab countries either because Arab countries might modify them by assistance of China or Russia and use them against Israel.
On the other hand, the possibility of nuclear domino in Asia is relatively high. Actually, it seems that this is exactly what the US is aiming at because the US wants to get Japan nuclear-armed and make Japan wage a nuclear war against China.
Immediately after the US attacked Iran, the UK made an announcement that it would procure 12 units of F-35A fighter jets as a carrier of B-61 nuclear weapons as if it were a pre-concerted act with the US. [14]
[UK PM Keir Starmer, making a statement on procurement of F-35A]
The UK ordered 12 F-35A to carry the US made B61 nuclear bombs for the purpose of showing what Japan should do and make Japan imitate it. The US and UK want to make Japan nuclear-armed and wage a nuclear war against China.
The UK knows very well that Japan always acts by imitating. Therefore, the UK decided to show an example to Japan, showing what it wants Japan to do.
The UK knows Japanese people better than Japanese people. The UK knows that Japan doesn’t decide based upon objective facts of the reality but just imitate.
Japan already has 39 units of F-35A.
As for Japan, many right-wing politicians are active, advocating that Japan should get nuclear-armed. They are puppets of the US.
Sanae Takaichi is a hawkish right-wing LDP politician. She is advocating that Japan should accept the US’s forward deployment of nuclear weapons in Japan.
[In April 2025, Sanae Takaichi visited Taiwan and had a meeting with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te]
Nippon-Ishin-no-Kai (The Japan Innovation Party) has been advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed. It is an anti-China party based on the Osaka area.
[All of ex and current leadership members of Nippon-Ishin-no-Kai are anti-China and advocates of Japan’s getting nuclear-armed]
Sanseito (Party of Do It Yourself), a newly formed anti-China far right political party, is vigorously advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed. It is likely that the US is financially supporting the party. Japanese media, which is under control of the US, is promoting Sanseito too.
[Sohei Kamiya, a founder of Sanseito and a graduate of 3rd rate University, is advocating an incredibly absurd idea that Japan should get nuclear-armed by making one of Japan’s small islands an independent country with nuclear weapons]
Military officers are advocating Japan’s getting nuclear-armed too. In early June, Japan’s retired top generals and admiral held a symposium and advocated sharing nuclear weapons with the US. They are puppets of the US. [15]
[Former Chief of Staff of Joint Staff of Japan Self Defense Force Koji Yamazaki (right) and former Chief of Staff of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Tomohisa Takei (center) advocate sharing nuclear weapons with the US]
Under these circumstances, it would be required that Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone be strongly promoted and advanced.
There are already several nuclear-weapons-free-zones in various regions of the world.
South Korea, where pro-China President Lee Jae Myung has been elected, can start promoting and advocating Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone.
Then, BRICS plus, SCO, ASEAN, Japan and the Global South would support Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone.
Thereafter, the Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone would be established through the UN resolution.
Also, the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone should be promoted too.
BRICS plus issued a statement calling for establishing the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone on June 24th 2025. [16]
After nuclear-armed Iran deters Israel from using nuclear weapons, BRICS plus, SCO and the Global South can apply pressure to Israel so that Israel accepts abandoning nuclear weapons and a two-state solution of Palestine and Israel.
Thereafter, the Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone would be established through the UN resolution.
Thank you.
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