Primary Taiwanese news agency Central News Agency (CNA) recently reported that, ahead of the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, a Chinese commercial satellite company Mizar Vision released a series of satellite images for multiple days showing U.S. military deployments, including images of 11 U.S. F-22 stealth fighters deployed in Israel.
The F-22 stealth fighter is the first U.S. military fighter jet with supersonic cruise capability. Due to its classified technology, the United States prohibits the sale of this fighter jet to other countries. The deployment of the F-22 stealth fighter jet represents a decisive round in the Middle East situation.
Defence Security Asia published an article pointing out that the exposure of 11 US F-22 stealth fighters by a Chinese commercial satellite company is an important turning point in the transparency of military deployments in the Middle East, showing that the competition in military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is intensifying. By publicly revealing U.S. military deployments, China is demonstrating its surveillance capabilities to the outside world, making Washington’s operations more complex in terms of secrecy.
Source: CNA, February 28, 2026
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202602280205.aspx