*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

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...at a moment when #UnitedStates force posture adjustments in the #MiddleEast suggest credible preparation for potential #military action, 👉thereby transforming what might otherwise be a transactional arms transfer into a strategic inflection point with implications for regional deterrence stability and global energy security👈..."

“One #Arab official familiar with the deliveries described the offensive weapons as ‘small’ systems,”...