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Iran’s Enhanced Combat Power Via CCP’s BeiDou Navigation System Threatens US
Right before the United States and Iran were going to hold indirect talks on April 6, the Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers signed a 25-year Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement (CSCA) in Tehran on March 27; as part of the agreement, China will provide Iran access to its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to enhance Iran’s combat capabilities.
This could be very concerning to the United States, according to China expert Gu Feng.
The CSCA includes three main aspects, namely, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will invest $400 billion in Iran for energy and infrastructure construction; oil and trade transactions between China and Iran will be settled in the Chinese yuan; Iran will install the CCP’s BDS for its missiles. Among the three items, the direct settlement in yuan and the BDS have caused the most concerns.
Overview
The availability of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and other space-based systems is creating an unprecedented opportunity, bringing benefits in the areas of emergency management, marine and land monitoring or fleet control to name a few. Due to this availability, the development of integrated applications is an area in rapid expansion. To address a wide array of GNSS applications for socioeconomic benefits and to focus on initiating pilot projects and strengthening the networking of GNSS-related institutions in the region,
a five-day Workshop will be held in hybrid format in Ulaanbaatar, from 25 to 29 October 2021. For details, see
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Workshop programme will include plenary sessions described below and also sufficient time for discussions among participants to identify the priority areas, where pilot projects should be launched and examine possible partnerships that could be established. Cooperative efforts and international partnerships for capacity-