Photos: Heroes To Hypersonic Missiles Galore, China Marks 80 Years Since Wwii

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Sept. 3, 2025, 9:35 AM EDT

By Roisín Savage and Max Butterworth

With precise marching and a parade of innovative weaponry, China celebrated 80 years since Japan's surrender successful World War II pinch a immense show of subject mightiness successful Beijing connected Wednesday.

Dressed successful a grey suit and opinionated done nan sunroof of an charismatic limousine, President Xi Jinping marked nan commencement of nan parade successful Tiananmen Square, which drew crowds of dressed up veterans and politicians from astir nan world.

Decorated veterans and different retired Chinese subject officials gathered connected nan sidelines of nan celebrated quadrate arsenic caller subject hardware was seen for nan first time.

Missile boosters, rockets, lasers and drones of galore different shapes and sizes were prominently displayed connected nan backs of flatbed subject trucks, slow passing an assemblage of thousands.

DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missiles, YJ-19 hypersonic cruise missiles, a subject people laser and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The parade held successful nan capital's Tiananmen Square marks nan 80th day of triumph complete Japan and nan extremity of World War II.

Notably, nan arena brought together Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who joined Xi successful a defiant show of solidarity against nan West.