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Deciphering the Military Signals of China’s Victory Day Parade
China's parade unveiled its strategic nuclear triad and hypersonic missiles like YJ-21, demonstrating advanced capabilities aimed at safeguarding sovereignty and deterring potential threats.
- On September 3, 2025, China conducted a military parade in Tiananmen Square to commemorate eight decades since the end of World War II and the defeat of Japan.
- The parade aimed to highlight China's shift from a 4.9% share of global industrial output in 1995 to nearly 32% by 2023, reversing historical industrial inferiority.
- China showcased its integrated strategic nuclear capabilities across land, maritime, and aerial platforms during a major military parade, featuring cutting-edge weapons such as the hypersonic YJ-21 missile, highlighting the country’s advanced military technology and extended strategic influence.
- The YJ-21 missile travels at Mach 6-10, has a 1,200-1,500 km range, can be launched from ships and bombers, and poses challenges to enemy carrier strike groups.
- China states its military growth supports national sovereignty and regional stability, with strategic nuclear forces as a last-resort defense, while participation in peacekeeping signals complex international roles.
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China's Military Parade Showcases Strategic 'Trump Cards'
By Liu Li On September 3, China held a grand military parade, showcasing numerous advanced equipment, particularly the “Jinglei-1” air-based long-range missile, the “Juliang-3” submarine-launched intercontinental missile, the “Dongfeng-61” land-based intercontinental missile, and the new “Dongfeng-31” land-based intercontinental missile. This marked the first concentrated display of China’s land, sea, and air-based “triad” strategic nuclear forc…
During the 3 September military parade in Beijing, China wanted to demonstrate its ability to innovate with the presentation of state-of-the-art military technologies. In addition to the human mass and mechanized equipment, the naval and air drones doped with the AI and the state-of-the-art defensive systems...
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