Iran Cripples GPS & Joins China’s Beidou! Geopolitical Trends!

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Between Iran and China is not just on the basis of the officials or government, is heart to heart. The people of Iran and the people of China, they connected to each other from 1,000 years ago through the Silk Road. The people of Iran, they know the China. Even there is some proverb in Persian, it said, if you want science, you should go to China.

The Silk Road, as you mentioned, what does the Belt and Road Initiative— what real benefits have the Belt and Road Initiative brought to Iran today?

Iran has a good opportunity because geographically Iran is based between the East and West, so we are like a bridge. We can provide such an opportunity for the BRI to connect to Europe and to the Middle East.

He is, he is spot on in the idea that geographically is very, very strategic. And now adding this dimension of the technological aspect by having Iran shutting down GPS, it just makes it even more challenging now for the US to even have eyes and ears And this is what this is about, guys. I just need you to understand this aspect. So, so when you take into the consideration the next level that now, uh, uh, Iran is going to get involved after kicking out the, the GPS system altogether. So, and, uh, because with this act, what you're going to need to understand and think of it always about it from you know, militarily, from a security perspective, from a financial, and also from the ability of influencing the trajectory of events. So because with this act, Iran basically now by blocking all the signals within its own border while switching, because there was another alternative to Baidoh, That's usually now— it's gonna pave the way, it's gonna pave the way now for the Chinese system, which, by the way, and I'm gonna talk to you about the history of Beidou briefly here because you need to understand it. It's gonna sort of almost cement that notion of the value and the technologically advanced systems of Beidou vis-à-vis that of GPS. And I don't claim to know much about the technological infrastructure. What I know is that the speed by which Beidou transmits information is faster than that of GPS. That is why. And when you consider what Iran is thinking within this realm, and what they are thinking about is building the fifth generation internet infrastructure inside the country. So all this— excuse me, I have, uh, I have a picture I need to share it with you. I didn't upload it. Allow me to do this quickly here, guys, because I have it on my desktop. It's called Hackers. There we go. So, and why is this important? Is this important for you to know? Which, by the way, the news has not, uh, uh, uh, kicked out yet in the US. Nobody's talking about in the US is that Iran is sitting on 100 gigabytes of Trump's aides' emails. Just think about it for a second. 100 gigabytes of emails. So, and that includes emails that goes even back to his former, uh, uh, advisor Roger Stone and the current White House staff Susie Wiles, who I mentioned to you in the last video, or the second one before last, that she used to work for Bibi Netanyahu's office. So this is why, once again, Trump has been fed intelligence that is coming out of Mossad, not the US intelligence agency. So now the interesting thing— and I'm not going to get into this now because that's not the key topic— it's just to highlight to you the idea of what we are doing to other countries now is coming to bite us in the butt. That's the reality. We have a taste of our own medicine. I mean, I can only imagine how devastating those emails are going to be. So there is no doubt about that. Liking this video so far? Don't just be a watcher. Go ahead and hit the like, share, and subscribe button, and don't forget to tap the bell so you will not miss any of my videos or live streams. This way, you will be supporting a channel that stands for the truth and objective reporting. The choice is yours. Thanks for your support. Now let's talk about why China decided to develop Beidou in the first place. And of course, and again, I'm gonna provide just a brief history. When you think about, uh, the whole system, the— its own construction, and I'm gonna be providing you a link that I got through the State Council of the People's Republic of China. So the PRC, that is. So here is a link, you can check it out later on in the chat box should you decide to do some reading on it. Suffice it to say that because you need to understand the development of it, it will make more sense to you. So, so the whole navigation system, this Beidou navigation satellite system, uh, which by the way, as of June 23rd, it was like the uh, almost launched the 55th, uh, uh, satellite of the Beidou family. So, and all this started back in the 1990s. And again, this is why I said back then in the 1990s, I made some argument to some close friends that you guys don't see what's coming ahead with China. Give it about 20 years or 25 and you will find out. And here we are. So, and that's why when you think about the Chinese launching this Beidou, which by the way is a Chinese term for the Big Dipper constellation, and as I said, it launched it back in the 1990s. What I need you to understand, and I'm gonna go chronologically here briefly about the, the dates to make more sense to you, so the construction of the Beidou Satellite 1. I'm gonna refer to them as BDS-1, which is the first step of the strategy. This one started in 1994 and it was completed in 2000. Then comes the BDS-2, Beidou System 2. Started the construction in 2004, and by 2012 Excuse me. 2012, a total of 14 satellites, including 5 geostationary Earth orbit known as GEO. This, these terms are very important for you guys to understand. GEO satellites, 5 inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit known as IGSO satellites, and 4 medium orbit satellites known as MEO satellites. And all this have been launched to complete the entire deployment of the system. Okay, then comes 2022— I'm sorry, 2012. The BDS began providing positioning, navigation, and timing services to users in the Asia-Pacific region. That's when it started first. Then you move— and I was during that time, I was in Washington, where I was aware of, of this kind of developments. And it became clear to me, guys, and I'm not saying this just to say it, it became clear to me that the Chinese dominance into the satellite, uh, sector or space, it's gonna be felt. We're gonna feel this one way or another. And it became even clearer to me the day the Chinese used the satellite— used the laser, I'm sorry, to shut down a satellite. And that became clear to me that their dominance is coming. And we're gonna, you know, what the US is gonna be able to do? Nothing. Excuse me. And that is exactly— let me see if I have, uh, I think I, I get some pictures for you guys. Yeah, this is one of them here. Part of this, uh, debate. So in 2014, the BDS augmentation system achieved now a positioning accuracy— and here is the kicker, guys— accuracy within 1 meter, which is— I mean, you're talking from space all the way, the accuracy of 1 meter. That shows you how good the system is. Which was a major breakthrough, and especially for what it will be for the marine applications. That is what's the key. Uh, then comes to— I have another image here, uh, the, the, uh, 2015, that's when China launched the 20th BDS, Beidou System satellite, and for the first time the satellite features a hydrogen atomic clock. So 2017, China launched the first two satellites for the BDS-3 system. 2018, China launched the 41st BDS satellites, also the first GEO satellites and the BDS-3 system. And that one orbiting about 36,000 kilometers above the Earth. So this is what I need you guys to understand, and I'm gonna be done with this here because I need to move on into some other aspect. On June 2020, China completed the deployment of the whole Beidou system with the launch of the final Beidou satellites. And I remember the, the launch of the— that was this one here, was carrying the final, uh, satellites for the Beidou system. So you need to understand this dynamics because it's very, very important. And that, to put it in perspective for Iran, because Iran before that, all the dependency of this, of its missiles, was depending on the American satellites because we were dominating at that time. So, and that is what was the problem with Iran. And I think they came to the conclusion that it is now or never Of course, the Israeli-Iran conflict precipitated that. The same argument that I've been making about Iran, the need for it to withdraw from the IAEA. I've been saying this since 2017 when a decision was made in Washington to pull, uh, uh, the US out of the JCPOA accord. And I said, if Iran doesn't do it now, then it's on them. So the Iranian government Excuse me. Even back then, they chooses not to do. Maybe they were thinking, well, maybe the Americans will come to their senses. No, American government will never come to its senses. It will be a mistake to trust the US government. I'm gonna say it, I'm gonna shy away from saying that. It's the truth. So, and this is where you start to think in terms of— because the GPS for Iran at that time was not only to navigate in the country but also about the civilians, is about the military, uh, uh, objectives and purposes and so forth. So, and there was always— mark my word on this— for any country around the world that uses the US GPS, there is always a risk of the American turning that off anytime they want to. Let alone one big factor, and that one using this particular access for espionage, for surveillance, and for cyber attacks. Don't— once again, don't get me wrong, other countries doing the same. It's just we have abused it. And again, I was very familiar with the case of the listening to the cell phone of Angela Merkel, and I was just shaking my head. It's like Is this how you treat an ally? You know, it's just so— suffice it to say, for Iran's decision now to switch its communication system with the Chinese Beidou, very, very crucial and important. And it come at a very sensitive time because you have the vassal states in the region, the likes of, you know, the Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, you name it. Even now Syria, now you have to include that because we just lifted the sanctions on Syria and we are debating whether to let them use the SWIFT system. You all know what it means. We're gonna control every transactions moving forward. So to the Iranian, as I said, it comes in a very, very crucial time zone, and this is why Uh, when you think about the American system, how it's used— I even had one time, uh, a conversation with, with, uh, Michael, my son. So, and I was like, hey man, I forgot to ask you, do you have Facebook? Uh, he said, yeah, I do, but I don't use it much. And I say, okay, well, that's good to know, you know. And the reason for me saying this, I was just asking him off-the-cuff questions, but it makes more sense in this conversation because the American communication system that Iran was using, it was supported by 3 social media outlets: WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, and other digital communication tools, which by the way provided the real-time location. Let me, let me share something with you guys to know, especially for my American viewers. Do you know when you take a picture on your phone right? You're going somewhere, whatever, you snap a picture. At least here in the US, and I'm sure it's overseas too. When you take that picture, there's a board inside the NSA, the National Security Agency, and they look at the picture the same way like I'm looking at you, except that when they look at that picture, they looking at it with the coordinates as to where it was taken, thanks to the satellite. So that's why make sure next time you snap a picture Just be aware, I'm talking about those, you know, like for example teenagers have no clue that be taking a selfie with no clothes on and all, you know, stupidity, you know, that's, that's, that's my point. And this is exactly when you think about why. So, and by the way, when this real-time of government and military usage of the location This is exactly what Israel used on June 13th, 2025, because you need to understand why Iran, when it bombed and sent missiles to Israel, it targeted one particular location and the technological hub or center, which by the way, close to it, adjacent to it, was the offices of Microsoft. And when you think about Facebook, when you think about WhatsApp, when you think about the, uh, Instagram, you know, you all know which navigation system, which, uh, uh, uh, system, operating system they use. So to put it in perspective, to Iran makes now perfect sense, shut down the GPS, get rid of it altogether. You know, this way you blind now the US in that part of the world, then you move with the Chinese. So, so, and when you think about Facebook, which owns, by the way, uh, uh, uh, WhatsApp, you know, of course they have to deny the allegations. It's expected. It's like what Facebook said later on, that, oh, they were pressured by the Biden administration to, uh, hack into some I, I deuse the information basically. So, and that is why you have now the Iranian government urging their citizens to delete WhatsApp from their phone. We heard the same arguments which was made about the Beidou vis-à-vis the US. Oh, it's for, for espionage and all that. And I'm going to get into that soon here. So So, so, and, and, and because it became clear to Iran— here is, here is the hard truth— it became clear to Iranian officials during the war with Israel, they realized how deadly it could be if it continued to depend on the American GPS, especially for military purposes. Uh, there is great article out there, uh, guys, that I'm gonna be sharing with you later on but I'm gonna share it here. It was written by Sandra Irwin, uh, and I kind of read up on her a few times. But that's not what I'm gonna share, is this picture right here, and I give credit to that article. Look at this picture here and look at the global assessments, and this one pertains to technology, you know. You know, as you notice when you, you read the scale of the, uh, the green color means none, The yellow square means some, and the red triangle means significant. So when you look at of the LEO co-orbital, the US, Russia, and China, you know, the only countries that matter anyway. Then you look at the GEO, the one I read to you earlier, all country, the three countries, US, Russia, and China sort of have some presence of the this. Uh, then you look at the Leo direct ascent. China has a lead into this direct energy. This is very important to understand, this direct energy. And I'm gonna remind you of what took place in Cuba a few years ago. Do you remember, guys, an event that took place in Cuba where some Canadian working at the Embassy of Canada in Havana, they said they didn't know what hit them. They kind of start to have headaches and all that stuff. And this pertained to the direct energy weapons. The other one has to do with what took place in two locations. One is Turkey and one is Morocco with the earthquakes. You know, are those were really earthquakes or was it a testing of a direct energy weapon? I'll let you decide. If you want to learn more about this, you need to go and dig into that kind of information. So suffice it to say, and that's why I wanted to share this with you, and this is where this— the space situational awareness, this one pertains to meaning the three main leaders into the space race, US, Russia, and China, are aware of each other. But this gap is going to be closing for the United States, especially given that Russia and China have already made a decision to move forward with establishing a research lab on the surface of the moon that's going to be dealing with the satellite navigation but also certain aspects of weapons in space, because that's where it's moving, into that direction. We are doing that We have been doing that. The Russians and the Chinese are aware of it. But when you think about it, that's why you're seeing the gap is being closed. And this leads me to mention to you, as, uh, uh, in, in the article that Sandra Erwin mentioned, that why Russia's space warfare capabilities are being ramped up. So during the last decade, And interesting enough, it's just during the last decade, the same time the Chinese were also upgrading and developing their own. As a matter of fact, this morning I just saw, uh, that, uh, uh, China did a testing on some certain type of bomb, whatever that is, that can really wipe out a country altogether. And the way to understand the really the significance of Beidou You think about the Chinese hypersonic missiles, which by the way, we have nothing to defend against. This is why what took place against Iran gave Chinese an idea, you know, you will be able to take out the Americans. We won't get— the, the Chinese will not get intimidated by these aspects of, uh, of— and that's why they want to head and deployed the entire Beidou system. I have a picture of, uh, Nei Hangshan. He's the one who came from space. This is Chinese astronauts. Uh, when, uh, that was back in 2013, if I am not mistaken. So, uh, what's interesting about this is that because you think about the Russians, we're thinking in terms of what the era of the Soviet Union is over. But they don't want— this is why they didn't, they didn't kind of, uh, uh, uh, the advantages they had back then were lost after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Chinese learned that hard lesson. So then comes the other main reason also why the Chinese went ahead and developed their own navigation system, which by the way, when I was in China, you know, I could see just when I get into, not a cab, but the equivalency of Uber in China, which by the way, they were, man, accurate on time. They were on time when they said they will be there in 10 minutes, that means 10 minutes. And I could see on the screen on the dashboard the navigation system, which I could tell it's not GPS, but it was a very detailed You know, detailed to the T with the accuracy and so forth. And that also was the result of our own stupid policies. Yes. What am I referring to here? So because it was a silly, silly reasons that we gave the Chinese not to be allowed into the ISS. You all remember? I was in Washington at the time and I shook my head when Obama at that time signed the bill., to prevent any Chinese astronauts from accessing the ISS. And I said, what a stupid decision, because what you just did now is you told the Chinese, go ahead and build your own. And you know, if the Chinese gets involved in something, they are not going to cut corners. It's a fact. I was there. I saw with my own eyes, and on the technological aspects, that is exactly what happened. And even back then, 2013, and I have the link, uh, that I digged into the, uh, archives to get that for you guys, uh, I'm gonna put it in the chat box for you for later. You can read it, uh, if you want to. The reason why US, US scientists boycotted NASA conference over China's ban, you know. Of course, they didn't report on it openly. And to why? All they were saying— and now NASA was facing at that time, I remember, backlash from U.S. researchers due to the rejection of the Chinese nationals from conference, uh, that NASA was hosting at that time. And he received a major backlash, and rightly so. So And that was the reason, because it emerged that the space agency, meaning NASA that is, has banned Chinese scientists, including those working in U.S. institutions, from a conference on the ground of national security. You know, when, when they have no other justification, they sell you the national security arguments. You all remember 9/11 and after that You know, uh, they— we abuse things. And this is why I'm saying, which is what I'm saying, when they don't have a valid argument, it's like what we even say, see in our conversations. You know, you get some— sometimes individuals just get emotional. And well, wait a minute, put your bias aside, put your emotions aside, and let's argue pragmatically. If you have substance in your arguments then let's hear it, you know. This is why I kind of, uh, just while I'm thinking about it, I send an email to Gordon Chang back there, yeah, about a month and a half ago, and I kind of extend an invitation for him to come on the channel, and I will debate him into really about this so-called collapse of China and so forth, but never even received a courtesy response. And that tells me right there So, and that is what I'm trying to help you guys with in our community, at least. Don't fall for that, well, this is how it is. No, no, no, no, no, no. If you are to argue your point, make sure to have a valid argument regarding defending your hypothesis, your thesis, whatever that might be. And the same arguments happen when NASA just rejected the applications from Chinese nationals. Who were hoping to attend this summit. So what did China end up doing? They went ahead and built their own ISS, their own space station, that is. So, and this leads me now to address the idea of BeiDou versus GPS, and this in itself is a silent war that exists on the tech front. Yeah, don't fall for the trade, don't fall for whatever. Yeah, it's all good, but look at the big picture. We are realizing, we in the United States are realizing we losing the technological edge to China. Have been for the last decade, just is going quietly. This is why you seeing, for example, with Deepseek what happened, and you heard right away that Mr. Trump is like, Oh, we're gonna invest $500 billion, and the billionaires, the tech billionaires, all ain't about developing the real— excuse me— the real and accurate, uh, sort of artificial intelligence. No, no, it's not about that. It's not about that. And it doesn't need to cost $500 billion when the Chinese developed it out of $5 million. And by the way, I just find out, and please anybody correct me if I'm wrong, that the Chinese now are giving the Beidou to whomever wants to use it. And of course we are hearing the argument here, oh, it's espionage, is this, is that. I tried it just in my own curiosity. I don't use it for my conversation with you, but I tried it for my own. And you know what? The description that I got was as accurate as it gets to what I know, because I asked about something I am very familiar with. And that's again where that argument is. So, so when you think about the Chinese video, and it was a great article by, uh, by Sumit, uh, Ahlawat. So, and I'm gonna put the article for you guys because literally I couldn't agree more with his arguments. The idea that the splintering of now the navigation systems, you know, because you're talking about GPS versus Beidou, but you're also talking about the geopolitical frontier because it's a new geopolitical frontier. And I couldn't agree more with this description. So, so of course, which I disagree with the author in this because he had to he or she, because I don't know who that is, disclose information from some other scientists in the West. Of course, you know how it's going to be skewed towards that. And I made sure to disclose that to you, but you reach your own conclusion. So here is the thing, just listen carefully, and I quote here, the United States— and it's an international partners should evaluate more closely the effects of global reliance upon Beidou and associated infrastructure and products. Such reliance may increase states' vulnerability to the Chinese government in ways that negatively affect US interests and US interests and those of its domestic allies, end of quote. You can read between the lines, guys. What are they trying to do here? They basically wanted to tell you, oh, the Beidou is so bad, the Beidou is going to be now under the control of the Chinese, that's going to hack into your information. It's like, like, it's not like something we are not doing as we speak. Like I said to you, you take a picture it shows up at the NSA screen with the coordinates of your exact location where the picture was taken. So what makes what China is doing wrong and what we're doing right? And usually, in my experience, both academic and professional, if you hear an argument like this, that means whomever is making that argument has no substance, has no backing of his or her arguments. It just wanted to implant those negative seeds and doubts in your mind so you will be questioning, when in reality is that we couldn't comprehend and fathom the developments, the progressive— the progress, the speed by which the Chinese have evolved in the last 3 decades. This is what we have a hard time accepting. How can China move from a poor country into now the leading in technology, leading in space, or almost leading in infrastructure? That's exactly what's at the heart of it. And that is why I wanted to do this, uh, video for you to highlight to you, because even if the media tackle this, you know how it's gonna be. So you know how it's gonna be. And that's why I wanted to specifically bring this article to the surface for you. Yes, it's written nicely and all that, but you have to pay close attention to the content. When you have an article that starts with, in this paper, China's Beidou: New Dimensions of Great Power Competition, uh, COL argued that China seeks to utilize Beidou to gain a global geopolitical advantage that will hurt US interests, end of quote. Well, what are we doing? What are we doing? We now— and it just came to my attention yesterday that the US now convinced the Philippines, for example, to build a factory for AMMOs in— on the Filipino territory. So how, how is this not advancing our interests? And once again What makes, what makes it wrong when China does it and it's right when we do it? So of course, the, the argument is that the experts, so-called experts, are saying that the system can be used, meaning the Beidou, surveillance purposes, which add a security dimension to China's exports of technology such as Beidou. Well, wait a minute, aren't we doing the same? The fact of the matter is this, guys. What Iran did, what Iran did with shutting down the GPS confirmed to other countries who were debating whether to move. Do you guys know that there are about 140 countries around the world that is now reaching out to use Beidou system? Yeah, 140 countries.

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And of course there are other systems out there. You think about, uh, the European Union that develops their own, it's called the Galileo. The Russians have its own, it's called the GLONASS. And of course I will not, uh, you know, to me I'm not going to mention India here because they are working on something called NAVICI. But are you gonna really— are you gonna take India for what it says? You know, it's, it, it will be ridiculous. That's why I'm not putting it on the same sentence with China and Russia. So, or the EU for that matter, because it won't matter. India does not matter. Simple as that. So, and, and this is why I need you guys to understand this whole notion and idea of the, the significance. Like I asked the earlier question, the significance of Iran's decision. That is why it's important. That now Iran is adopting the Chinese Beidou and shut down the GPS. So anyway, that's all I have to say for you guys today. I wanted to share this with you, my own analysis, because I don't sort of count on what media is going to disclose. And again, it's your prerogative, your decision to listen to others. To read whatever, just use your own judgments. You've been around with me now for long enough, and I feel comfortable saying you have developed that some sort of intellectual reasoning by which you can gauge the accuracy of the information. You have now no excuse. And do we make mistakes? Yes, of course. But it's up to you now to decide when you reach a conclusion of sort, to make sure it is based on your understanding. So, uh, Fred Ball, thank you so much for your super sticker. I can't wait to buy your upcoming books. By the way, you should do an interview with Judge Napolitano, uh, Max Blumenthal, and Ben Norton. FYI, Just to let you guys know, if you are a subscriber on their channel, you know, I do reach out to these people, but I don't chase after people. I— it's just not my personality. Max Blumenthal, I just sent him an email last week. And not an email, I'm sorry, I sent him a message on X. Whether he saw it or not, I can't control that. Ben Norton, I did send him a request. I know he's busy with his PhD in China and so forth. Again, didn't hear a word from— maybe you want to junk mail, maybe whatever, I don't know. Judge, I'll be happy to have him here if he's willing to come over. So I, I, I, you know, I, I would be happy to have Judge over here. I'll be happy to show up on his channel. Usually I don't go to other people's channel much, but It's just because I don't want to become just an echo chamber here, you know. All I need to say is I need to say it once and move on to the next thing. So, but, but thank you so much for your support, and thank you for bringing this name. So once again, if, if those individuals are watching this, check your mailbox or your, your messages on X. I did send you a request. So So in any event, guys, uh, I look forward to seeing you next week. Uh, remember, I have a very interesting guest coming next week, and I am also working on some very, very interesting topic that I need you to be aware of. As always, I do thank you for your continued support. Uh, oh, by the way, someone bought me coffee as of this morning. I just saw it. Let me quickly say thank you if you guys allow me here, uh, because that's the right thing to do. Uh, to me it's, it's, it's important. Let me just log in quickly here, please. Okay, where is it? There we go. And I have to go through security stuff to access this. That's usually how I set my, my things here. So, so bear with me here, guys. Uh, I got— okay, here we go. Let's— so where is the number? There is the number.

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Interesting, it's not picking it up. Hold on, copy.

There we go.

All right, let me, let me say thank you to Dashboard. Oh, oh, Stefan Chung, thank you so much for buying me a coffee. Let me share screen with you guys because you need to see. And, and again, I, I, I'm very grateful for the support, guys, and I know some of you supporting the channel. Uh, so let me make this bigger for you to see right there. So, so Chang, I say thank you. Uh, to Stephen, uh, Stephen Chang, Charles, Shirley, Noel, and Asma, and Ramzi Abdurrahman, to all of you I say thank you very much for your kind support. So, uh, all right guys, uh, wishing you a good weekend, safe whatever you are planning on doing this weekend. And I look forward to seeing you next week. As I said, I am working on some very interesting— oh, where am I? Sorry, working on some key topics for you. And I look forward to seeing you next week. Next week. So as always, remember, geopolitics impacts your daily life in more ways than one. Till next time, guys. Bye-bye.