China’s Xi Jinping gathered almost two-dozen world leaders to watch one of his country’s largest-ever military parades on Wednesday morning, an unprecedented event for an axis of nations challenging the US-led world order.
Among the modern weapons unveiled during the parade were a brand new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile, advanced underwater drones and a new model of hypersonic missile. The event was held to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat and the end of the Second World War.
