Iran’s Mosaic Defense Tested + Why China Isn’t Joining the War to Save Iran

Setting up bases to project power is usually a decades-long process

by Brian Berletic Published: March 4, 2026

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Day 4: Iran's Mosaic Defense Tested + Why China Isn't Joining the War to Save Iran

The New Atlas

Mar 3, 2026 Eurasia/Middle East

Iran's mosaic defense strategy continues to enable regional long-range missile and drone strikes on US and proxy military and now economic infrastructure;
Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz also indicates that initial US decapitation strikes have failed to disrupt well-prepared mosaic defense operations;
The US is now bombing internal security facilities in Iran hoping to shape the ground ahead of US-backed terrorism inside Iran aimed at toppling the Iranian government. However, Iran also has organized internal security against this threat into a mosaic defense strategy, only time will tell if it will overcome US plans in the hours, days, and weeks ahead.
China is not intervening in the US war on Iran for realistic logistical and military limitations and has, instead, supported Iran in a number of other important and more effective ways economically, industrially, and in terms of military support.

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DAY 5: Trump Talks Backing Militants Inside Iran, Will Not Rule Out US Troops on the Ground

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Mar 3, 2026Eurasia/Middle East

The US is now talking about the possibility of backing an armed proxy invasion of Iran using militias;

The US is also not ruling out US boots on the ground in Iran;

Both options were laid out in detail along with backing terrorism inside Iran, using Israel to attack Iran by proxy, and the launching of an extensive US air campaign against Iran in the 2009 Brookings paper, "Which Path to Persia;"

These are all options the US prepared for, well ahead of time and is only piecemeal selling to the public to make it appear that developments are "organic" rather than premeditated.

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Formerly known as "Land Destroyer," The New Atlas provides anti-imperialist geopolitical analysis with a focus on Eurasia by expat and former Marine Brian Berletic (aka Tony Cartalucci), currently based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Iran’s Mosaic Defense Tested + Why China Isn’t Joining the War to Save Iran

Setting up bases to project power is usually a decades-long process

Brian Berletic THE NEW ATLAS

DAY 5: Trump Talks Backing Militants Inside Iran, Will Not Rule Out US Troops on the Ground

SPECIAL FEATURE

The Great Malignancy Will Keep Trying Filthy Tricks Until Conclusively Defeated

Lawrence Wilkerson: U.S. Arms Kurdish Fighters in Iran to Start Civil War

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