China says it will highlight joint combat groups in next month’s military parade
Victory Day event to feature ‘combat-oriented joint formations’ and ‘star’ weaponry, official adds
Wu Zeke, deputy head of the operations bureau at the Central Military Commission’s Joint Staff Department, told reporters on Wednesday there would be “combat-oriented joint formations” made up of land combat, maritime combat, air defence and missile defence groups.
The parade would also feature information warfare, unmanned combat, rear support and strategic strike groups.
He said aircraft flying over Tiananmen Square during the parade on September 3 would be in “modular” and “systematic” formations.
“Advanced early warning and command aircraft, fighter jets, bombers, transport aircraft and others” will take part in the event – many of them highly anticipated “star” weaponry, some of which will be seen in public for the first time, according to Wu.
