Thread by @JPLindsley

1/ 🚨👀 Russia is helping China prepare to invade Taiwan.

Pro-freedom hackers leaked a shocking $34.9M defense contract. I've verified it's credible.

The details are alarming. 🧵⤵️

2/ The Black Moon hacktivist group released a contract between Russia's Rosoboronexport and China's CETC International for an "Automation System for Air Landing Command"—

— a nerve center for coordinating massive airborne assaults across water. 👀⤵️

3/ Here's why this matters:

Taiwan is an island. Any invasion requires:

—Paratroopers dropping behind beaches
—Helicopter assaults on key targets
—Real-time coordination of thousands of drones and aircraft

This system could be the brain for managing that chaos. ⤵️

4/ Think D-Day, but with modern complexity:

Without this tech, many risks: dropping in wrong zones, loss of coordination with naval/ground forces, etc.

Russia is giving China a key tool needed to prevent those failures—likely based on lessons it's still learning in Ukraine. ⤵️

5/ The companies involved aren't random contractors— they're Russia's premier defense giants:

Kurganmashzavod (builds BMPs)
NPP Rubin (submarine designer)
KBP (weapons systems)

This is state-level collaboration at the highest tier. ⤵️

6/ @blackmoon_group is releasing a trove of documents to journalists, international organizations, and threatened Pacific nations.

Their hacking work proves two authoritarian powers are actively building the infrastructure for conquest.

Taiwan should be on highest alert. ⤵️

7/ PS Should the free world have listened to Richard Nixon about Russia and China?

I've been reporting in Ukraine daily these 3.5 years. The emboldening of China was a concern from Day 1.

Ukraine's been holding the line ... but ...🧵🎬

👀 PPS See the docs here, in Russian:

drive.proton.me/urls/RFCMWDNNW…