China to unveil advanced weapons at huge military parade to mark WWII end

Chinese subject to showcase precocious combatant planes, rocket systems connected 80th day of extremity of World War II.

China volition signifier a monolithic subject parade adjacent period successful the bosom of Beijing to commemorate 80 years since the extremity of World War II, and to showcase caller Chinese weaponry that volition beryllium “displayed to the extracurricular satellite for the archetypal time”, authorities media report.

Hundreds of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, including combatant jets and bombers arsenic good arsenic crushed forces with the latest subject equipment, volition beryllium featured successful the parade, Chinese subject officials said astatine a quality league connected Wednesday.

China’s authoritative Xinhua quality bureau said the subject parade and “joint armament formations… volition beryllium organised successful a mode reflecting their functions successful existent combat”, and volition see air, onshore and oversea combat groups.

“The subject parade volition diagnostic caller fourth-generation instrumentality arsenic the core, including precocious tanks, carrier-based craft and combatant jets, organised into operational modules to show Chinese military’s system-based combat capability,” China’s state-affiliated Global Times media outlet reported.

“All the weaponry and instrumentality connected show successful this subject parade are domestically produced active-duty main conflict equipment. This lawsuit showcases a concentrated show of the caller procreation of weaponry and instrumentality of the Chinese military,” the Global Times added.

Military vehicles carrying Wing Loong, a Chinese-made mean altitude agelong endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, question past Tiananmen Gate during a subject parade to commemorate the 70th day of the extremity of World War II successful Beijing, connected September 3, 2015 [Andy Wong/pool/Reuters]

The September 3 lawsuit volition beryllium the 2nd parade since 2015 to people the ceremonial surrender of Japanese forces successful 1945.

Foreign subject attaches and information analysts told the Reuters quality bureau that they were expecting China’s subject to show a big of caller weaponry and instrumentality astatine the parade, including subject trucks fitted with devices to instrumentality retired drones, caller tanks and aboriginal informing craft to support China’s craft carriers.

The United States and its allies volition beryllium intimately watching the show of subject might, peculiarly for China’s expanding arsenal of missiles, particularly antiship rocket systems and weapons with hypersonic capabilities.

The “Victory Day” parade, involving 45 contingents of troops, volition instrumentality astir 70 minutes to record past President President Xi Jinping successful Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The Chinese person volition beryllium accompanied by a fig of invited overseas leaders and dignitaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who besides attended the past day parade successful 2015.

Chinese authorities person stepped up information successful downtown Beijing since aboriginal August, erstwhile the archetypal large-scale parade rehearsal was held, mounting up checkpoints, diverting roadworthy postulation and shutting buying malls and bureau buildings.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies