
China will stage a massive military parade next month in the heart of Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II after Japan's surrender, mobilizing tens of thousands of people and displaying never-before-seen weaponry.
Hundreds of aircraft, including fighters and bombers, as well as high-tech weaponry, such as precision strike weapons capable of moving at five times the speed of sound, will be featured in the parade, military officials said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The parade, the second such procession since 2015 to observe the formal surrender of Japanese forces in September 1945, will be a show of China's military might, as some of its neighbors and Western countries watch with concern the People's Liberation Army's projection of power in recent years.
From trucks with equipment to eliminate drones, new tanks and warning planes to protect China's aircraft carriers, military attaches and security analysts say they expect a host of new weapons and equipment at the parade.
Additions to its expanding range of missiles, particularly anti-ship versions and weapons with hypersonic capabilities, will be monitored particularly closely as the US and its allies prepare to counter China in any future regional conflict.
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