Jenny

by day – geopolitics and intelligence enthusiast; by night – asleep
Current private sector tech cog, former research assistant at @JamesMartinCNS
vamo

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

@csisponi WOOP

[Michael Duitsman @DuitsmanMS]

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.

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

Wait a second! They used one of our slides! Apparently I taught @sam_lair well. (Also, our compass rose is better.)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

For the four of you interested in the intersection between snowboarding and Xinjiang, this one's for you.
https://t.co/25fgKMeLgi

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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

[Sam Lair @sam_lair]

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

[Hanna Notte @HannaNotte]

Who I’m following for Iran war updates:
@HamidRezaAz
@RZimmt
@NicoleGrajewski
@IranWonk
@Divsallar
@citrinowicz
@fab_hinz
@dex_eve
@sam_lair

[Jordan Schneider @jordanschneider]

THE BRASS EXODUS

a PLA vs Pentagon purge comparison microsite

https://t.co/F5Z0GZSyeK

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

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.

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Everyone knows a CMC purge pairs famously well with an arms control blog post
https://t.co/GrMfJSciCr

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

@dex_eve 🥹 thank you comrade

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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 👀
https://t.co/iWsMcEpzdE

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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)
https://t.co/pC6OfZdXvP

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Not much to inspire confidence in any of the PLA branches atm imo. (8/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Thread incoming. Please see the tweet below for important context (1/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Thread incoming. Please see the tweet below for important context (1/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Thread incoming. Please see the tweet below for important context (1/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

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)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Thread incoming. Please see the tweet below for important context (1/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Yang Zhibin, new PLA eastern theater command commander (which includes Taiwan) and Han Shengting 韩胜廷, new Central Theater Command Commander. (3/9)

[Jenny @APT_Jenny]

Thread incoming. Please see the tweet below for important context (1/9)