China supplied a glimpse of its rising army may in a parade in Beijing on Wednesday (Sept. 3), displaying off new hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICMBs) and drone techniques.
The parade was held to mark the eightieth anniversary of the top of World Struggle II. A variety of new techniques have been on show for the primary time, together with these able to delivering nuclear weapons from the air, sea and land, demonstrating a world strike functionality.
Methods on show embody the JL-1 (Jinglei-1) air-launched long-range missile and JL-3 (Julang-3) submarine-launched intercontinental missile. Additionally rolled out have been the DF-61 land-based ICBM and the new type DF-31BJ land-based intercontinental missile.
Images from the parade also showed systems including the newly revealed AJX-002 giant submarine drone, GJ-11 stealth attack drone, which can accompany fighter jets, and CS-5000T stealth drone. Also featured was the YJ-19 anti-ship missile.
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One weapon on display with a space-related capability was the HQ-19, a midcourse ballistic missile defense interceptor that may also be used to target objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) such as satellites.
A variant of the HQ-19 is believed by some analysts to have been used for China’s 2007 anti-satellite test, which targeted a defunct Fengyun weather satellite in LEO, generating both a large cloud of space debris and vocal international condemnation.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua stated that the large army parade was a part of “pledging the nation’s dedication to peaceable improvement in a world nonetheless fraught with turbulence and uncertainties.” The show additionally serves as an indication of capabilities and a deterrent.
