China’s HQ-9B Challenges Russia’s Middle East Air Defense Market Share
Any timely delivery of China's HQ-9B/FD-2000B air defense missile system to Iran would send a strong signal to Russia, which is losing traditional Middle Eastern clients.
www.forbes.com
"The reported Iran SAM delivery came little more than a week after retired high-ranking Egyptian military official Samir Farag confirmed Egypt’s acquisition of the HQ-9B in an interview with Egypt’s Sada El-Balad TV. The Diplomat also reported in May that Cairo had confirmed purchasing the HQ-9B and speculated Beijing “may use Y-20 aircraft to deliver HQ-9B systems to Egypt, just as it previously transported HQ-22 air defense missile systems to Serbia when the landlocked European country was virtually isolated.”
According to the article, this is a long range equivalent to Russia's S 300.
Apparently Egypt wants some protection and they don't want it from Russia who annoyed Iran by failing to deliver fighter jets they ordered, and the S 300's that they finally got from Russia after many delays failed to protect Iran from Israeli attacks.
Egypt took notes, Russia lost a valuable arms sale to China and Egypt seems to be wanting something that the US isn't going to provide them, namely protection from Israel.
Iran receives Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries after Israel ceasefire deal
The Islamic Republic is trading oil for Chinese air defence missiles as it looks to rebuild capabilities destroyed by Israel, sources say
www.middleeasteye.net
Reports of peace in the region seem to be premature at best.
I saw this on Bubba News and tracked it down. He's right again!
This is a quote from his twitter or whatever that thing is called now- edited it's Telegram
"The deliveries reportedly began after the June 24, 2025 ceasefire, and the deal is structured TO BYPASS THE US
SANCTIONS, as an OIL 
-for-WEAPONS 
barter, but neither Iranian nor Chinese officials have disclosed exactly how many HQ-9B systems Iran 
has acquired so far. These new systems are expected to REPLACE or reinforce critical sites that were damaged, and BOTH Iran’s regular Air Defense Forces and the IRGC are receiving them."
Bubba's previous posts in the last couple of days are interesting too. Looks like Iran is drilling into Fordow- and prepping for war again.
Heres the one just out around noon today:
"U.S. spy planes, ships, and destroyers have returned to the Middle East, signaling preparations for a potential new EXPANDED escalation in the Iran-Israel conflict.
This aligns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington to urge President Donald Trump for a new strike on Iran’s nuclear
facilities. U.S. reconnaissance flights over Iran,
the Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman have resumed, the first since U.S. bombers targeted Iranian nuclear sites on June 22, 2025. Satellite imagery from June 26 showed unusual drilling activity near Iran’s fortified Fordow nuclear facility, indicating limited damage from the prior attack, as confirmed by a leaked intelligence document.
Israel
is pushing for another strike, while Iran is reportedly rebuilding its nuclear facilities and acquiring advanced Chinese air defense systems after Russia declined to supply similar systems. Despite a U.S. call for Iran to resume nuclear and missile talks in Norway, Tehran has REFUSED, escalating tensions.
The previous 12-day conflict in June ended with a ceasefire after U.S.-backed airstrikes and missile exchanges."
So it's looking like stuff survived Fordow and that is not good news but maybe just needs some "warranty work" to fix it but good this time.
And I'd love it if Iran got pounded into the ground and the West would stop taking their word for it that they are done with war. They always have their fingers crossed behind their backs as they lie to our faces. LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND VERIFY anything their crooked little forked tongues say!
