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China will stage a massive military parade next month in the heart of Beijing to commemorate 80 years since the end of World War Two following the surrender of Japan, mobilizing tens of thousands of people and showcasing never-seen-before weapons.
Hundreds of aircraft including fighter jets and bombers as well as high-tech armaments such as precision-strike weapons capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound, will be featured at 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 strength as some of its neighbors and Western nations look on with concern over the projection of power by the People’s Liberation Army in recent years.People walk by paramilitary police officers standing guard ahead of a rehearsal for a military parade, which marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at Wangfujing street in Beijing, China, on Aug. 16, 2025.From trucks fitted with devices to take out drones, new tanks and early warning aircraft to protect China’s aircraft carriers, military attaches and security analysts say they are anticipating a host of new weapons and equipment at the parade. Additions to its expanding suite of missiles, particularly anti-ship versions and weapons with hypersonic capabilities, will be particularly closely watched as the US and its allies prepare to counter China in any future regional conflict. Furious US tourist yanks Venice 'pickpocket' by the ponytail after tracking teen using AirPods' 'Find My Friends' featureMissing Texas woman found living in lost 'African' tribe in Scotland “ 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. New armaments due to debut at the parade will account for a significant share of those on display, according to the military officials.People take images of a flower installation commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, on Aug. 18, 2025.Military vehicles carrying the DF-17 hypersonic ballistic missile rolling past Tiananmen Square during a parade celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the country on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Oct. 1, 2019.Military vehicles carrying DF-26 ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015.The roughly 70-minute-long “Victory Day” parade on September 3, comprising 45 formations of troops, will be surveyed by President Xi Jinping at Tiananmen Square alongside a number of foreign leaders and dignitaries including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also attended the 2015 parade. At the last World War Two parade, more than 12,000 soldiers, including diverse contingents from Russia and Belarus to Mongolia and Cambodia, marched through the city alongside veterans.Many Western leaders had shunned the 2015 event, wary of the message that China would send with its exhibition of military might. Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to attend.Military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles drive past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China, on Oct. 1, 2019.No information on participating foreign troops or attendance of foreign leaders was disclosed at the press conference. Authorities have stepped up security in downtown Beijing since the first rehearsals this month, setting up checkpoints, diverting road traffic and shutting shopping malls and office buildings. Beijing has so far conducted two large-scale rehearsals on the weekends of August 9-10 and 16-17, attended by 22,000 and 40,000 people involving troops, police and spectators. 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