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Jaidev Jamwal

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Oct 3, 2023

Since illegal #Chinese funding to Indian journalists (and others) is in news, here is a partial list of Chinese organisations which work for CCP and are most likely involved in this scenario. Info provided here has some gaps & I won't go into details, but take a look.

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It starts with Strategic Support Force (SSF) & Ministry of State Security (MSS). They command or work with a wide network of local and foreign organisations involved in propaganda, espionage, warfare and R&D. SSF is involved in space, weapon development and other things too.

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SSF's oversees multiple departments & I'm not 100% sure about exact hierarchy yet. So take it FWIW.
Network Systems Department under SSF is meant for Information warfare operations through multiple Departments
-Cyber Warfare
-Electronic Warfare
-Multiple country specific
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Jaidev Jamwal

@JaidevJamwal

Jan 8, 2023

Thread about Chinese PLA Rocket Force (PLARF), missiles and nuclear assets. Read on for a general overview.
For details and maps, visit this link: jjamwal.in/yayavar/chines…

There've been some new updates since this post was published, but those are relatively minor.

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PLARF is a unique force which holds the world's largest arsenal of ballistic missiles (BMs) & employs nearly 1 lakh (100 thousand) personnel. It is a separate arm from PLA Army, Air Force and Navy which have their own separate arsenals of SRBMs, cruise missiles (CMs) & SLBMs

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There are 2200-2500 ballistic missiles in China, of which 80-110 are ICBMs. There are supposedly 300-320 nuclear warheads which are spread across these ICBMs, SLBMS, ALCMs and a small number of shorter ranged BMs. Nearly all newer BMs are solid fueled apart from older DF-4

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Jaidev Jamwal

@JaidevJamwal

Jan 6, 2023

A thread about Pakistani Nuclear Forces, their assets and Command & Control structure. If you want just the basics, then read this thread.
For details and maps, go to this link: jjamwal.in/yayavar/pakist…
Questions (not dumb), corrections & feedback welcome.
#orbat #osint
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Pakistan has managed to create a fairly good nuclear command structure and arsenal with help from China and US which ignored the illegal proliferation attempts and even helped the project in some ways. Although not as advanced and susceptible to internal security risks,
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it accounts for a huge portion of Pakistani defence spending.

Nuclear Command & Control consists of following organisations:

1. National Command Authority (NCA): Highest decision making command with 6 civilian ministers, 3 military and 1 intelligence as members.

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Jaidev Jamwal

@JaidevJamwal

Dec 23, 2022

Thread about Chinese Eastern Theatre Command (ETC) ground forces, their major assault force against Taiwan and possibly Japan.
More details with Google Maps link in the last tweet of this thread.

#orbat
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ETC has 3 Group Armies (GA), 71st, 72nd and 73rd. Each has 6 Combined Arms Brigades (CAB) with the usual supporting units.

71st CABs: 3 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 1 Unclear (160th)

72nd CABs: 2 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 1 Amphibious, 1 Unclear (124th)

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73rd CABs: 2 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 2 Unclear (14th, 145th)

The borders are maritime and patrolled by 301st, 302nd, 303rd and 304th BDRs with Boat units.

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Jaidev Jamwal

@JaidevJamwal

Dec 22, 2022

Thread about Chinese Marine Corps (PLAMC). More information and map in last tweet.

It is seemingly the fastest expanding arm of PLA since the last 4-5 years. Till 2017, it was a poorly equipped force with 2 Brigades. Now there are 7, 2 each under Eastern, Northern and

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Southern Theatre Navies and one under direct command of Marine Corps HQ. Total number of troops is around 40,000-50,000 right now and is expected to reach 1 lakh in 12-14 brigades. All Brigades have around 6000 troops except 7th Special Ops Brigade.

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The new Marine brigades follow a Combined Arms structure like Army:

-3 Amphibious Combined Arms Battalions, one of them light.
-1 Battalion each of Air Assault, Artillery, Air Defence, Recon, Combat Support and Service Support.

#orbat
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Jaidev Jamwal

@JaidevJamwal

Dec 21, 2022

There are some noises about a new Indian Rocket Force (IRF) on the lines of Chinese PLARF. The planners must have made the decision after due thought and process. Yet an IRF doesn't seem like a good idea, amateur's opinion.

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For one, it adds ambiguity & complexity of chain of command. PLARF is an independent branch, yet some of its traditional assets are with respective Theatre Commands (TC) while the nuclear assets are under direct command of CMC.

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All Indian nukes are under SFC while only conventional missiles are with armed forces. Latter is simple and effective. The Chinese system adds an extra layer of bureaucracy with an overlapping chain of command which can get confusing for own side and needlessly threatening

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