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How has Iran been able to hit American military targets in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia and other places?

I mean, some targets for them are obvious places that anybody would be able to pick off a map, places like air bases or even U.S.

embassies or consulates.

But for all the damage that has been done to Iran's offensive capabilities in this war thus far, Iran has somehow also been able to hit things like, reportedly, a CIA facility in Riyadh and a naval command and control facility in Bahrain and U.S.

radar facilities that are not clearly marked on any map and not obvious locations for anybody.

How has Iran been able to find targets like that so they could aim their missiles and their drones at American facilities like that with such specificity?

Well, the Washington Post and the Associated Press and us here at MSNOW have all now reported that Iran has been getting help in targeting American personnel and military facilities, help from a sophisticated military ally in targeting U.S.

personnel and U.S.

military capabilities all over the Middle East.

The Washington Post's report on this was first, and they explained it bluntly and clearly.

Quote, Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East.

The assistance signals that the rapidly expanding conflict now features one of America's chief nuclear armed competitors with exquisite intelligence capabilities.

Quote, Iran possesses only a handful of military-grade satellites and no satellite constellation of its own.