{"id":151284,"date":"2026-05-13T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151284"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:17","slug":"how-us-missile-shortages-after-iran-war-could-strengthen-chinas-hand-during-trump-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151284","title":{"rendered":"How US missile shortages after Iran war could strengthen China\u2019s hand during Trump visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDepleted US weapons stockpiles as a result of its war in Iran risk eroding Donald Trump\u2019s bargaining power when he meets Xi Jinping in China this week.<br \/>\nAccompanying Trump on the high-stakes trip is Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, marking the first time a Pentagon chief has accompanied a president to Beijing since 1972.<br \/>\nThe weapons shortages not only raise questions about US preparedness for war in the Indo-Pacific, but may give Beijing extra leverage because of its control of the supply of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3353435\/how-us-missile-shortages-after-iran-war-could-strengthen-chinas-hand-during-trump-visit?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDepleted US weapons stockpiles as a result of its war in Iran risk eroding Donald Trump\u2019s bargaining power when he meets Xi Jinping in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151284"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}