China to Display Vast Military Might, High-Tech Weapons at WWII Commemoration Parade

To mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II, China will hold a grand military parade in Beijing next month. 

The event will involve tens of thousands of personnel and debut cutting-edge weapons.

At a Wednesday press conference, military officials announced that the parade will feature hundreds of aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, alongside advanced armaments like precision-strike weapons capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound.

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 strength as some of its neighbours and Western nations look on with concern over the projection of power by the People’s Liberation Army in recent years.

“(The weapons and equipment) will fully demonstrate our military’s robust ability to adapt to technological advancements, evolving warfare patterns, and win future wars,” Wu Zeke, deputy director of the military parade, told reporters.

Source: Reuters