For the third time in weeks, a Chinese satellite imaging firm has publicly exposed detailed positions of U.S. military assets across key bases in the Middle East, raising fresh questions over Washington’s operational secrecy as its forces amass for a potential showdown with Iran. The latest high-resolution imagery appears to show clusters of U.S. warplanes, missile defenses, and support aircraft “hiding in plain sight” at Saudi, Qatari, Bahraini, and Jordanian bases, fueling debate over how vulnerable American deployments are to foreign surveillance and long-range strike threats.