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Xi Jinping to rival Trump's parade with massive military display in Tiananmen Square this September
China prepares for a grand military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3. President Xi Jinping will review the troops. New weapons and equipment will be on display. Vladimir Putin and other world leaders are expected to attend. The parade marks 80 years since the end of World War II. It showcases China's military might and advancements.
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China is preparing for a massive military parade in Beijing this September. President Xi Jinping will review troops and state-of-the-art weapons in an event marking 80 years since the end of World War declared on June 24 that it would commemorate the end of World War II with a large parade in September. At a news conference, a senior military official announced that President Xi Jinping would preside over the event on September 3 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, as per a show is meant to show off the country's growing military power and send a strong message to the rest of the announcement on June 24 comes less than ten days after US President Donald Trump celebrated his 79th birthday with the biggest American military parade in parade is one of the activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of the triumph in the World Anti-Fascist War and the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese showcasing new forms of combat forces, such as unmanned, intelligent equipment, the parade will include marching formations, armored columns, and aerial domestically produced and operational military hardware will be on display in a parade in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on September 3, a military officer told reporters Tuesday, as per a report by English to Wu Zeke, a senior officer in the Central Military Commission's Joint Staff Department, the marching formations highlight how China's armed forces have been reorganized in the wake of military reforms, displaying the new arrangement of branches and Chinese military's new model of forces application, joint command, joint operations, and joint support, as well as its capacity for domestic weaponry innovation are reflected in their use of a mix of integrated units and composite aerial echelons will demonstrate how China's air combat capabilities have been developed methodically and how quickly its modern fighting power has President Vladimir Putin will attend the anniversary celebrations, according to the Kremlin, and other world leaders are anticipated as well, as per a report by The Straits parade will include high-tech combat gear, aircraft flypasts, and ground troops marching in upcoming parade features new equipment including the Shenyang J-35 and J-20A stealth fighters. These aircraft are expected to fly over Tiananmen Square. Other upgraded warplanes include the Y-20B transport aircraft, YY-20 aerial refuelling tanker, and the KJ-3000 early warning and control aircraft, as per a report by South China Morning Types of Drones• New drones are expected to be unveiled during the parade.• The two types of sixth-generation fighters under development are unlikely to New Ship-borne Aircraft• The navy's latest ship-borne aircraft, including the J-15T and J-35 fighter jets, are expected to make an appearance.• The navy's nuclear-capable submarine-based JL-3 ballistic missile and the YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile could also be rolled Rocket Force's New Generation of Strategic Missiles• The DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missile and the DF-27 hypersonic missile are expected to be Ground Force's Drone Warfare Equipment• The PLA Ground Force is expected to showcase its latest equipment, including robotic dogs, unmanned ground vehicles, and anti-drone parade will take place on September 3 at Tiananmen Square in Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders are expected to be present.
