The first news item I’d saved for today is below; It’s WSJ via Archive.ph
Is this a rebrand of Anonymous- which was so obviously tied to intelligence/military affiliated with NATO?
Russia has agreed to equip and train a Chinese airborne battalion and share its expertise in airdropping armored vehicles that analysts say could boost Beijing’s capacity to seize Taiwan, according to newly obtained documents that show the two nations’ deepening military cooperation.
The documents — details of which have been independently verified by the Royal United Services Institute, a British think tank —
appeartodemonstrate the deepening alliance between Moscow and Beijing as Russia seeks to forge a new global order to counter the West and disrupt the status quo.
The documents obtained by a hactivist group verified by a British think tank, “appear to” demonstrate- Weasel wording
The deals
The 800-page cache — obtained by hactivist groupBlack Moon and reviewed by The Washington Post — shows Russia agreeing in October 2024 to sell 37 BMD-4M light amphibious vehicles, 11 Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled anti-tank guns, 11 BTR-MDM airborne armored personnel carriers to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
Hactivist group Black Moon- Appeared on Twitter April 2025. So is this Anonymous? With a rebrand? Because way too many people understood that Anonymous was some sort of military/intel aligned operation?
Everything old is new with the right rebrand!
Additional documents in the cache show several rounds of negotiations including a meeting in Beijing in April 2024 at which the Chinese side requested Moscow accelerate the delivery timeline for certain vehicles, include complete technical documentation and adapt the weaponry to make it compatible with Chinese software, electronic, radio and navigation systems.
Separate documents outlined training programs for Chinese paratroopers in the combat use of the weaponry — and the advanced command and control systems used to direct operations — by Russian specialists in Russia and later in China.
In its report on the agreements published Friday, RUSI said the training and the transfers described in the files would give China’s air force “expanded air maneuver capability” that offered “offensive options against Taiwan, the Philippines and other island states in the regions.”
The Kremlin did not respond to a request for comment on the deal. Similarly, neither China’s Ministry of Defense nor state-owned defense contractors involved in the deals responded to requests for comment.
While China has so far declined to provide military hardware at scale for Russia’s war effort, the two countries have continued to celebrate a close security partnership that both consider important for countering the U.S. and its allies.
Target Taiwan
For China, Russia’s airdrop expertise and weaponry is most valuable as part of preparations for a potential invasion of Taiwan, analysts said.
Chinese planners consider small, well-equipped units delivered by helicopter or aircraft “absolutely essential” in their plans to deliver thousands of troops to Taiwan in the early hours of a conflict, said Lyle Goldstein, an expert on the Chinese and Russian militaries at Brown University.
Lyle Goldstein- What pops into my head? Emmanuel Goldstein from 1984. Just saying? That was the instantaneous connection.