Nuclear missiles, underwater vehicles and robot dogs were the stars of a parade in Beijing this week as China’s military might was on display for all to see.

The new weaponry was "deliberately exposed to the world" as "an open message" that China's restoration as a superpower is "almost complete", said The Times .

What was the parade about?

Held to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the parade saw tens of thousands of service personnel march "in lines so straight they could almost have been animated", said Sky News , with "every flex of the foot, every turn of the head, every cry of allegiance exactly in sync".

It also offered a "rare look" at China’s new armoury, said the New York Times as jets "screamed across the sky" and a cavalcade of missiles and arm

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