Israel was like a wild horse, in 72 hours, six countries were attacked, Lebanon and Syria were bombed, ships that helped Gaza were attacked, even the capital of Qatar could not survive.
The U.S. Military Observatory, however, poured cold water: there is an Arab country, the United States of Israel dare not touch, this country is Algeria.
When the Middle East turns into a pot, why can it be solitary? the answer lies in the guys in its hands – the protective net set up by Chinese-Russian weapons, which became the hardest underground.
Qatar has the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East, and Trump also sent a luxury Boeing 747.
Not only that, Qatar also wasted money to help the U.S. military upgrade bases, afraid of serving inappropriately, can Israel's missiles say knock and knock, a little bit of sentiment is left.
Ironically, the Western air defense systems that Qatar bought at a costly price, at the time, were collectively blurred, and there were reports that those systems did not start intercepting Israeli fighters as their friends.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately expressed its position and severely condemned Israel's actions. Spokesperson Lin Jian pointed to the core of the issue: this is inseparable from the imbalance in the positions of individual major powers.
It is clear that America’s secret tolerance has made Israel so upset.
The encounter with Qatar has completely torn the mask of the Western "security promise", spending money to buy peace, but may turn into a soft tomato.
After talking about Qatar's bad luck, look at Algeria. The contrast is simply too great.
In June 2025, Algeria held the "Al-Sumoud 2025" real-time combat exercises, for the first time publicly unveiling the Russian S-400 air defense system, the missile flies out to target precisely.
S-400 can lock 36 targets at the same time, with a range of up to 400 kilometers. It can stop fighters, drones and cruise missiles in the sky.
Remote control alone is not enough, and Algeria has also supplemented the Chinese-style "flag" - Red Flag-9BE, this missile specifically targets the F-35 type of hidden fighter aircraft, which can be locked 260 kilometers away.
Even worse is the launch car, one car carrying eight missiles, as many as they can come to greet.
The key is that the Chinese-Russian equipment does not have those curves around, will not be locked away, beautiful to want to play the Qatar set of "backdoor control", do not have a door.
And these two systems can work together, forming a high and low matching air defense network, the S-400 pipe long-range high-air, Red Flag-9BE anti-low-air collision protection, leakage network fish does not exist at all.
Algeria's confidence is not only in the sky, but also in the sea and land. The navy has installed Chinese-made C-13B frigates equipped with CM-302 anti-ship missiles.
The missile flew faster than the sound, and the Israeli fleet had to get around.
Not to mention, China's SR-5 multi-tube rocket cannon can hit a long way, and recently also decided to buy 500 vehicles of the VN series, replacing the old Soviet equipment.
From the sky to the sea and then to the land, an all-round three-dimensional defense has been formed. Some people have calculated that Algeria has 130,000 active troops and 1.3 million reserve troops, which are well equipped and staffed. Anyone who sees this force has to weigh it.
Algeria’s cleverness is not to put eggs in a basket, with data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showing that 73% of its equipment is Russian-made.
But after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the delivery of Russian equipment was slow, the shortage of parts, the problem was exposed, and Algeria immediately turned to China to fill the shortboard, so came the Red Flag-9BE.
The United States once wanted to sell its armed helicopter pull-up relationship, and the result was directly rejected, it was too clear, buying American weapons must listen to the United States, sovereignty must be discounted.
Chinese weapons are not easy to use, there are no additional conditions, payment methods are flexible, and Algeria produces oil and natural gas, directly using resources to exchange equipment, especially convenient.
What's more intimate is that China has also agreed to help it engage in localized production, and 50% of the parts can be made by itself. This is really helping it build its capabilities, rather than simply selling goods.
The U.S. says that selling weapons in the Middle East is not business, it is control.
SIPRI’s data is crowded: Half of the weapons in the Middle East between 2020 and 2024 come from the United States, but these weapons are hidden behind, and the U.S. can remotely lock down systems in wartime.
Saudi Arabia previously bought a lot of U.S. equipment, really to use the current situation to be limited, South Korea is worse, even the command of operations are in the hands of the United States, almost as much as the US.
The U.S. says that protecting allies is actually binding allies to their own chariots, and Qatar is the best example, spending so much money to be bombed or bombed.
The so-called "security guarantee" of the United States is just empty talk to coax people.
Seeing through this, Algeria resolutely took the independent route. It replaced Western equipment with Chinese and Russian weapons, which seemed to be a weapon change, but in fact it was a struggle for sovereignty.
His own weapons have been calculated, without looking at the American face, and even less afraid of being caught in the neck, this "freedom of use of weapons" is the most disgusting.
The Israeli F-35 is advanced, and does not dare to easily break into the Algeria air defense network, if it is hit down, it will not only shake its military deterrence.
More importantly, Algeria’s blocking of the southern Mediterranean route would actually cut off Israel’s energy and trade channels at a price that Israel could not afford.
The success of Algeria has pointed the way to other Middle Eastern countries, before we were either buying U.S. weapons or buying Russian weapons, and we have not had to choose, now Chinese weapons have become a new option, yet without any political locks.
Egypt followed suit and bought the Hongqi-9BE, and Pakistan replaced most of its equipment with Chinese-made equipment. Pakistan used to rely on American-made equipment, but now it has completely turned to China.
Because China's weapons are speculative and can also let it say it itself, this trust is spreading in the Middle East, and more and more countries have seen the gateway, buying weapons not only look at performance, but also whether they can preserve their sovereignty.
The idea of China's arms export is completely different from that of the United States and Russia. The United States and Russia sell a "camp", and if they buy it, they have to take sides; China sells "options". If small and medium-sized countries want to remain independent, they need this "option" most.
There is no choice but to be held by the great powers.
China not only sells equipment, but also helps build systems. For example, it assists Algeria in building a Chinese-style heavy-duty synthetic brigade and teaches tactics step by step. This kind of "systematic output" is much more effective than simply selling a few aircraft and missiles.
SIPRI predicts that from 2025 to 2030, "de-Westernized" arms purchases in the Middle East will increase by 30%, which means that the Middle East arms trade market is no longer decided by the United States and Russia, and Sino-Russian arms coordination is reshaping the pattern here.
Previously, the Middle East was the “playground of the great powers”, countries can only choose sidelines, and now Algeria takes the lead in independent defense, giving everyone a new choice.
More and more countries understand that security cannot depend on others, but on the hard guys in their own hands, and what China provides is precisely the tool for realizing this autonomy.
Some say that Algeria's Red Flag 9BE is not a battle, but a strategic initiative, which is too right, a middle country, relying on the right choice, stands firm in the game.
Its bottom line, never wanting to provoke who, but not wanting to be harassed by who, "there is no war", is the supreme security strategy, behind which, is the rise of Chinese military industry, and also the change of the international order.
In the past, big countries had the final say, and small and medium-sized countries could only swallow their anger. Now it's different. With reliable weapon options, they can stand up straight.
The United States and Israel dare not touch Algeria. On the surface, they are afraid of Chinese and Russian weapons. In essence, they are afraid that this "self-consciousness" will spread in the Middle East. If more countries are like Algeria, the hegemonic logic of the United States will not work.
The foundation of the petrodollar will be shaken, and the influence of the United States in the Middle East will decline. This is the biggest headache for the United States.
In the final analysis, the security of the country ultimately depends on itself. It is unreliable to spend money to buy peace and hold the thighs of big countries.
The story of Algeria tells us that sovereignty and autonomy are never shouted out, but rely on a set of defense system that can be controlled by oneself and strategic choices that are not attached to others.
The Chinese-Russian weapons are its bottom, but the real bottom is its insistence on "independence", and the future of the Middle East will no longer be the unique stage of the two US-Russia.
More and more nations like Algeria will stand up to take control of their own destiny, and only when “independence” becomes a consensus, peace can truly land.
And the Red Flag-9BE, but the beginning of this change, a more wonderful story, is still behind.