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🇨🇳 China’s Military Leap: From 2019 to 2025 Defense Parades

🇨🇳 2019 China National Day Parade

🚀 Missiles (DF & JL family)

  • ⚡ DF-17 – debut of a hypersonic glide vehicle
  • 🌍 DF-41 – ICBM with MIRV capability, global reach
  • 🚛 DF-31AG – road-mobile ICBM
  • 🛰️ DF-26 – dual-capable intermediate-range missile (land/ship targets)
  • 🌊 JL-2 – SLBM on Type 094 submarines
  • ✈️ CJ-100 – long-range supersonic cruise missile

🚀 Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (YJ family)

  • 🛡️ YJ-12B – ground-launched supersonic anti-ship missile
  • 🔥 YJ-18/18A – subsonic-to-supersonic anti-ship missile

🛩️ Unmanned Systems

  • 🕶️ GJ-11 “Sharp Sword” – stealth UCAV
  • 🚀 WZ-8 – high-altitude supersonic recon drone
  • 🎯 JWP-02 – target drones & loitering munitions

📡 Radar & Air Defense

  • 🌀 Type 305A – phased-array radar
  • 🛡️ HQ-17A – short-range air defense (Tor derivative)
  • 🔫 LD-2000 – counter-rocket/artillery/mortar system

🎖️ 2025 China Victory Day Parade

🚀 Missiles (DF & JL family)

  • 🌍 DF-41 – enhanced ICBM with MIRVs & decoys
  • 🚛 DF-31AG – improved road-mobile ICBM
  • 🌊 JL-3 – next-gen SLBM on Type 096 subs

🚀 Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (YJ family)

  • ✈️ YJ-21 – air-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile
  • 🕶️ YJ-18C – stealth anti-ship cruise missile
  • ⚡ YJ-15 – ramjet supersonic anti-ship missile
  • 🔥 YJ-19 – scramjet hypersonic anti-ship missile

🛩️ Unmanned Systems

  • 🤖 FH-97 “Loyal Wingman” – AI-enabled stealth UCAV
  • 🕶️ GJ-11 (upgraded) – swarm-capable stealth UCAV
  • 🚀 WZ-8 (hypersonic recon) – supersonic drone
  • 🌊 Large UUVs/USVs – uncrewed undersea & surface vessels
  • 🚜 UGVs – robotic ground vehicles for combat/logistics

🔬 Directed Energy & Defense

  • 🔫 Laser weapons – vehicle-mounted, C-RAM role
  • 📡 Counter-drone – RF jammers & DEW systems
  • 🖥️ Cyber/EW – integrated jamming & cyber platforms

🔑 Key Shifts from 2019 → 2025

  • 🤖 AI & Autonomy – FH-97 loyal wingman & GJ-11 swarms highlight AI-driven combat
  • Hypersonic Supremacy – expansion from ground-based DF-17 to air- & sea-launched YJ-21 and YJ-19
  • 🌊 Multi-Domain Integration – UAVs, UUVs, USVs, and UGVs showcased in joint ops
  • 🔬 Directed Energy – shift from experiments to combat-ready vehicle lasers
  • 🖥️ Cyber/EW – from basic jamming to multi-domain electronic dominance

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