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By Ankit Panda
Here are three of China’s cutting edge missile systems to keep an eye out for at the September 3 parade.
China’s doing quite a bit to prepare for its September 3 military parade to commemorate 70 years since it triumphed in the “War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.” The least we can do is pay attention. Notably, many expect that Beijing will show off new cruise and ballistic missile systems, possibly even lifting the veil off never-before-seen systems. Recently, a deputy chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army, involved in the planning of the parade, ntoed that 84 percent of what we’ll see at the parade will be on public display for the first time. Indeed, as Franz-Stefan Gady noted earlier this week, we’ve already seen a few peeks of never-before-seen systems in rehearsals for the parade. Here are three systems in particular that you should keep an eye out for as Thursday’s parade approaches:
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