The related links on ONI’s website are currently down, but never fear-I’ve included links to cached copies here. Some of them (and here the Office of Naval Intelligence/ONI deserves particular credit) come with handy posters and videos capable of piquing almost anyone’s interest. government reports-the most authoritative, hardware-centric documents available to the public. Given both the historic weight of the occasion and Chairman Xi Jinping’s need for tangible accomplishments to compensate for recent economic problems and ongoing risks in that regard, I expect China to lean extra-far forward and show us some armaments that we haven’t seen clearly before.Ĭhina doesn’t plan to reveal systematically in advance what it will display in its 3 September 2015 military parade, but that shouldn’t stop you from anticipating what might be included, preparing to recognize it when you see it, and figuring out what it all means!īelow are key links to, and distillations from, the latest relevant unclassified U.S. I’ll therefore be watching for new weapon systems that have not been displayed publicly before. With regard to the foreign audience, I believe that an important part of its purpose is to reveal enough about Chinese capabilities to enhance deterrence and persuade potential adversaries to -at a minimum -treat Beijing’s concerns with the utmost care.
UPDATE: By announcing 300,ooo-troop cut in his opening speech, Chairman Xi Jinping initiates a 4th round of PLA downsizing and restructuring (following previous efforts in 1985, 1997, 2002).Ĭhina ’s V-Day military parade today has two major audiences: domestic and foreign. I ’m sensing a pattern here… so China has in fact debuted two ASBMs! The DF-26 was described as a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with nuclear, conventional, and anti-ship variants. So now it ’s finally official, after all these years… Click here to read the most comprehensive unclassified study to date on this unique Chinese missile, the DF-21D ASBM.Īlso displayed publicly for the first time: DF-16, DF-26, and YJ-12 missiles. UPDATE: DF-21D “assassin ’s mace” anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) debuted.
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