China offered a glimpse of its growing military might in a parade in Beijing on Wednesday (Sept. 3), showing off new hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICMBs) and drone systems.

The parade was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. A number of new systems were on display for the first time, including those capable of delivering nuclear weapons from the air, sea and land, demonstrating a global strike capability.

Systems on display include the JL-1 (Jinglei-1) air-launched long-range missile and JL-3 (Julang-3) submarine-launched intercontinental missile. Also rolled out were 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 s

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