This is, I think, very much a mock-up. And a conceptual mock-up, at that. This is not the actual missile they plan to build - this is the idea of the missile they want to build.
There are many things that don't match up with an actual missile.
New post on my blog: Virtual Reality or Brutal Reality? - The PLA's fascination with simulations.
Most important line: China is at home, drinking hot water and loving the accuracy data it’s getting on US intercept data.
https://t.co/Vre8xOjlWT
Trump bemoaning Japan for not helping re-open the Strait of Hormuz is really giving Whitney getting mad at Jen for not being a good enough friend when W herself was the shittiest friend in Momtok seasons 1 + 2. #SLOMW#POTUS#2hashtagsIneverthoughtIdusebacktoback
In the US, we're all trying to create deeply strategic rationales to explain why China is building 1500 nuclear weapons and putting a bunch of them in silos while these guys are grabbing as much money as they can and purging each other.
I have a guest post up the Arms Control Wonk blog today on how the PLA plans to use hypersonic weapons. I wrote this in late 2024-early 2025, glad to see it finally published :) Stay tuned for one more next week 👀
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SCMP: "Announcements suggest the dust has begun to settle following a massive purge in the military over corruption concerns." I think not. We're in the thick of it. (9/9)
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Han replaced Wang Qiang 王强, also notably absent from the promotion ceremony. Referring to the helpful graph in post 1, only 4 generals attended: representing the CMC, its Disciplinary Inspection Commission, Joint Staff Department, and MoD. (7/9)
Someone noted on @nubi's substack that Chang and and Guo's 百度百科(baidu wikipedia pages) have been taken down, my favorite back-of-the-napkin osint tool. Using this method, we see that Ling Huanxin 凌焕新, PLA Academy of Military Sciences political commissar is down too (6/9)
It's always notable when officers (and above) are promoted leadership in different branches of the military and ostensibly reflects highly on the mother branch for its talent cultivation (right?) so I might want my two highest officers there. (5/9)
Both Yang and Han started their careers at the PLAAF. Yang rose through the ranks peaking at lanzhou military region AF CoS 2014-2017. Han was the Chengdu Military Region AF deputy commander 2013-2016. (4/9)