![]() ![]() Little is known officially about its capabilities, but it is believed to be an upgrade of the People’s Liberation Army’s CJ-10 cruise missile, which has an estimated range of 930 miles. Western military analysts and Pentagon planners also got their first public views of China’s new CJ-100 supersonic cruise missile, carried aboard 16 trucks in formation. ![]() SEE ALSO: China displays DF-17 hypersonic nuclear missile at paradeĬhina also rolled out a mobile DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile, a JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile and a host of aircraft, land vehicles, missile interceptors and other weapons, according to media reports. in the development of such super-fast weapons. Hypersonic weapons travel at more than five times the speed of sound, and defense analysts widely agree that China is ahead of the U.S. One of the most menacing weapons on display was the DF-17 ballistic missile, a hypersonic weapon delivery system widely believed to be capable of evading virtually all current missile defenses. More ominously for Western military observers, the parade included a first look at some of China’s most dangerous weapons and drew fresh attention to the ways China is outpacing the U.S. The three-hour parade included more than 15,000 troops marching through the streets of the nation’s capital - a bold demonstration of the People’s Liberation Army, which is now the largest military in the world with more than 2 million men and women in uniform. “Congratulations to President Xi and the Chinese people on the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China,” the president said in a post on Twitter.īut the sheer scale of the festivities clearly shows Beijing’s desire to project unprecedented power. In fact, the celebration drew unexpected congratulations from President Trump, a chief critic of China who has spearheaded a bitter trade war between the two nations. with the world’s largest overall gross domestic product within two years. China already ranks as an economic and manufacturing superpower, and it could surpass the U.S. President Xi Jinping again stressed the party lie that China’s “peaceful rise” should not be considered a threat to its neighbors or to the West. SEE ALSO: AP PHOTOS: China marks National Day with military mightĬhinese officials downplayed the idea that the celebration was meant to frighten or intimidate its adversaries. ![]()
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