Network(CNN) Senior journalist-Global Military Affairs says, the huge military parade through central Beijing on Wednesday was a display of weaponry designed to send a message that President Xi Jinping’s vision of a New World Order with China at the apex will be backed up with high-tech arms that would seem, in many cases, to be ahead of its rivals.
In an opinion article, Lendon said while much post-parade attention will be focused on new long-range nuclear-armed weapons-like the DF-61 intercontinental ballistic missile, what may be even more important in the long run are weapons like the new mobile truck-and ship-mounted laser air defense weapons.
“If these are already deployed in numbers in the People’s Liberation Army forces(PLA), as China indicated in pre-parade press conferences, they could present real problems for any adversary’s ability to blunt Chinese military movements around the region,” said the CNN journalist.
Brad Lendon, the Cable News Network(CNN) Senior News Desk Reporter-Global Military Affairs says, the huge military parade through central Beijing on Wednesday was a deliberately fearsome display of weaponry designed to send a message that Xi Jinping’s vision of a New World Order with China at the apex will be backed up with high-tech arms that would seem, in many cases, to be ahead of its rivals(internet pic).