The expectations are those of the Chinese president Xi Jinping in the center, with the “old friend” Vladimir Putin on his right and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his left, to preside over the great military parade of 3 September for the V-Day, the victory in the Second World War with the surrender of Japan. They will settle down on the trunk of the access door to the prohibited city in Piazza Tiananmen, above the large portrait of Mao. Zedong, presenting the parade whose cost was estimated at 5 billion dollars, the most expensive ever made by the People’s Republic.
For Kim, who arrived in the afternoon with his daughter Ju-ae at the Beijing railway station with his super armored train, it will be the great debut in a multilateral event after rare visits abroad, of which four made in China between 2008 and 2019. He will have meetings with XI and Putin, perhaps also a trilateral, according to the forecasts of the Intelligence agency in Seoul. And he will be able to attend the parade, the topic on which he has a lot of experience given the spectacular ones organized to Pyongyang in Piazza Kim Il-Sung.
He will see the latest weapons of Chinese armed force in what is a proof of XI strength to the USA, in support of the challenge launched for the construction of a new world order, thanks to the Governance initiative (GGI). In the last Brefing, the soldiers of the popular army of Liberation have reported that the parade will last about an hour and a half, starting at 9.00 local (3.00 in Italy), moving over 10,000 men, 100 planes and hundreds of terrestrial vehicles.
The goal is to flaunt the increased army skills: whether it is to replicate the US naval forces in the Pacific whether it is to move in defense of national sovereignty or the unification of Taiwan. In particular, there will be the debut of hypersonic missiles (Dongfeng-17), anti-messeile and strategic to demonstrate the strong strategic deterrence skills, between evolutions of drones.
And then still intercontinental ballistic missiles Dongfeng-41, the equally technological ones from underwater launch (Julang-3) and KJ-600 early alert alerts, to the official debut. In the air, however, ‘bombers invisible and combat jets. The parade will be divided into three parts, according to the advances: a march on the reorganized structure of the army, with troops of neighboring countries such as Russia and Belarus; a parade of advanced weapons developed internally by China; An aerial performance with combat and support models.
Among the leaders invited, in addition to Putin and Kim who will have a place of honor, include those of Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kazhakistan, Azerbaijan, Myamnar, Cuba. Also present a group of European state and government heads of state and government: from the president of Belarus and the iron ally of Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, to that of Serbia, to that of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, to Prime Minister Slovak, Robert Fico (the only one of the EU).