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华盛顿讯 —— 上月由美国和以色列牵头对伊朗发动的战争打响数天后，美国情报机构发现，随着俄罗斯和中国寻求支持伊朗以削弱美以军事行动，这场战争有扩大至直接战场之外的风险。
据多名知情的美国官员透露，美国国防部国防情报局（五角大楼的军事情报部门）的分析师评估称，中国正在权衡是否向伊朗提供先进雷达系统。这番考量出炉之际，另有报道称俄罗斯已向伊朗共享了美军在中东各地军事据点的情报。
尽管哥伦比亚广播公司此前已报道过莫斯科向德黑兰转移情报的消息，但中国在冲突初期就表现出明显的援助意愿，且这种援助可能持续较长时间，这表明寻求制衡美国在该地区野心的国家之间形成了更广泛的、即便是非正式的同盟。
2025年9月3日，北京天安门广场阅兵式上的雷达装备。格雷格·贝克/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄
美国官员以匿名方式向哥伦比亚广播公司透露，因涉及国家安全问题不便公开身份，他们表示北京方面曾考虑向伊朗供应X波段雷达系统。这项技术将大幅提升伊朗探测和追踪低空无人机、巡航导弹等 incoming 威胁的能力，并有助于保护其防空系统免受精准打击。
官员们称，目前尚不清楚中国最终是否推进了这笔武器转让，但此次评估凸显了华盛顿的担忧：伊朗战争不仅会吸引地区对手卷入，还会吸引全球竞争者在不直接军事介入的情况下提供关键支持。
国防情报局未回应置评请求。中央情报局拒绝置评。白宫也未回应置评请求。
周三，英国《金融时报》援引泄露的伊朗军方文件报道称，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队利用从中国企业地球眼公司（Earth Eye Co.）秘密购买的间谍卫星，瞄准了美军在中东的基地。
两名知情美国官员表示，美国情报评估显示，伊朗此前曾使用中国提供的卫星图像，包括在此次以美与伊朗的冲突期间。这些官员无法证实这批图像是否来自地球眼公司。
去年12月发布的一份五角大楼中国军力报告称，截至2024年，中国的商业卫星公司已与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队开展业务往来。
由美国情报界编制的2026年度全球威胁评估报告——一份非保密的全球安全风险调查报告——警告称，中国在天基能力发展方面已遥遥领先于其他国家。
“中国已超越俄罗斯，成为美国在太空领域的主要竞争对手。北京方面快速部署太空能力，使其能够利用太空推进其外交政策目标，挑战美国在太空领域的军事和技术优势，并在全球范围内投射力量，”报告称。
另外两名官员表示，美国情报还显示，北京方面一直在权衡向伊朗转让防空系统，可能会通过第三国中转以掩盖直接参与的痕迹。美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）上周报道称，美国情报界发现中国正准备向伊朗交付名为MANPADs的肩扛式防空导弹系统。
参议院情报委员会副主席、弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·沃纳将中国可能向伊朗提供新型防空系统的报道称为“重大事件”。
“他们试图掩盖踪迹。中国说这是他们的私营部门，但我们都知道，中国不存在真正意义上的私营部门。中国的每家公司都必须首先效忠于共产党，”沃纳周日在《与玛格丽特·布伦南面对全国》节目中说道。
周四被问及相关情报评估时，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟思表示：“特朗普总统与习近平主席有着非常牢固且直接的关系，双方已就此进行了沟通，中国已向我们保证，这种情况确实不会发生。”
特朗普预计将于下月访问中国，这场高风险峰会由多重重叠的危机和战略利益推动。周三在福克斯商业网播出的采访中，特朗普表示他已致信中国国家主席习近平，要求他不要向伊朗出售武器。特朗普未透露信件往来的时间。
中国驻华盛顿大使馆发言人拒绝就特朗普提及的信件置评，并补充称，中国在伊朗问题上的立场“公开透明”。
“我们秉持客观公正的立场，为推动和谈作出了努力，”发言人刘鹏飞在一份声明中说道。“我们从不采取加剧冲突的行动。”
上周，特朗普威胁称，任何向伊朗提供武器的国家都将被立即征收50%的关税。中国外交部发言人郭佳坤周三表示，有关北京向德黑兰提供武器的媒体报道“纯属捏造”，并警告称，特朗普政府若据此征收关税，中方将采取反制措施。
US intelligence detects signs China is weighing giving Iran advance radar systems
April 16, 2026 7:03 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Days after the U.S.-Israel led war with Iran kicked off last month, American intelligence agencies detected signs that the war risked widening beyond the immediate battlefield as Russia and China sought to support Iran to blunt U.S.-Israeli military operations.
Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s arm for military intelligence, assessed that China was weighing whether to provide Tehran with advanced radar systems, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The deliberations came amid separate reports that Russia had shared intelligence with Iran on American military positions across the Middle East.
While Moscow’s transfer of information to Tehran has been previously reported by CBS News, China’s apparent willingness — early in the conflict and potentially over a protracted timeline — to assist Iran points to a broader, if informal, alignment among powers seeking to counterbalance U.S. ambitions in the region.
File: Radars are seen during a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3, 2025. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. officials, who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity to discuss national security issues, said Beijing had considered supplying Iran with X-band radar systems. This technology would significantly enhance Iran’s ability to detect and track incoming threats, like low-flying drones and cruise missiles, and could help protect its air defense systems against advanced strikes.
It remains unclear whether China ultimately moved forward with the transfer but the assessment underscores Washington’s concern that the Iranian war is drawing in not only regional adversaries but also global competitors willing to provide critical support, short of direct military involvement, the officials said.
The Defense Intelligence Agency has not responded to a request for comment. The Central Intelligence Agency declined to comment. The White House has not responded to a request for comment.
On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a spy satellite it secretly bought from Chinese company Earth Eye Co., to target U.S. bases in the Middle East, citing leaked Iranian military documents.
U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that Tehran has previously used satellite imagery provided by China, including during the ongoing conflict involving Israel and U.S. forces, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said. The officials could not confirm whether the imagery was supplied by Earth Eye Co.
A Pentagon report on China’s military released in December said that as of 2024, commercial satellite companies based in China had participated in business exchanges with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment — an unclassified survey of global security risks compiled by the intelligence community — warned that China is far outpacing other nations in its development of space-based capabilities.
“China has eclipsed Russia as the key U.S. competitor in space. Beijing’s rapid deployment of space capabilities positions it to use space to advance its foreign policy goals, challenge U.S. military and technological superiority in space, and project power on a global scale,” the report said.
U.S. intelligence also indicates Beijing has weighed transferring air defense systems to Iran, potentially routed through third countries to obscure direct involvement, the two officials said. CNN reported last week that the intelligence community had found that China was preparing to deliver shoulder-fired anti-air missiles systems known as MANPADs to Iran.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, characterized the reports that China may be providing China with new air defense systems as “significant.”
“They try to hide themselves. China says, well, this is their private sector. We all know there is no such thing as a true private sector in China. Every company in China has to have its first loyalty to the Communist Party,” Warner said Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, when asked Thursday about the intelligence assessments, said, “President Trump has a very strong and direct relationship with President Xi, and they’ve communicated on that, and China has assured us that that indeed is not going to happen.”
Mr. Trump is expected to visit China next month in a high-stakes summit driven by several overlapping crises and strategic interests. Mr. Trump said he sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping asking him not to give Iran weapons in an interview that aired Wednesday on the Fox Business Network. Mr. Trump did not say when the letters were exchanged.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., declined to address questions about the letters referenced by Mr. Trump, adding that China’s position on Iran is “open and aboveboard.”
“We uphold an objective and impartial stance and have made efforts to promote peace talks,” spokesperson Liu Pengyu said in a statement. “We never engage in actions that escalate conflicts.”
Last week, Mr. Trump threatened countries with an immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday media reports of Beijing supplying Tehran with weapons were “purely fabricated,” and cautioned that any tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on that basis would be met with countermeasures.