2025 Victory Day parade thread (workup, 3rd Sept)

[siegecrossbow]

I thought it would be a pretty lame parade without 6th gens, and just drones

But just the missiles and torpedoes coming out now are more exciting than I expected

What kind of nonsense is that? They are showing two fifth gens in service with Air Force and Navy.

 

[Squadson]

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Some footage compilations of the recent parade exercise movements.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1957047531504075065

 

[tankphobia]

All these new toys and China is barely trying. The West should be happy they are dumping excessive capacity into cheap EVs rather than weapons.

 

[bebops]

Alot of these new weapons we and the world don't know it existed. Scramjet hypersonic, hypersonic Cruise missile, MIRV hypersonic.

It is going to be another J36/J50 moment where the world is caught off guard..

 

[AsuraGodFiend]

 

[bebops]

I thought it would be a pretty lame parade without 6th gens, and just drones

But just the missiles and torpedoes coming out now are more exciting than I expected

This parade is only to showcase weapons in operational mode. You will see J36/J50 likely in 2030 parade.

 

[bsdnf]

Alot of these new weapons we and the world don't know it existed. Scramjet hypersonic, hypersonic Cruise missile, MIRV hypersonic.

It is going to be another J36/J50 moment where the world is caught off guard..

This is nothing surprising. Army vehicles won't be detected unless they leave their bases (except in Baotou, which is a special case).

Missiles can't be identified unless they leave their canisters

aircraft are difficult to hide, unless they operate in the uninhabited areas of northwest China.

But the Air Force also has many things to hide. For example, before the J-20/J-35 publicly opened its weapon bay, we don't know whether it is carrying the PL-15 or the PL-16.

Who knows, maybe 164 was patrolling Huangyan with loads of hypersonic missiles.

 

[TK3600]

The equipment displayed in this military parade are all in service, with sixth-generation fighter jets being the first to be excluded. On the other hand, this military parade will showcase a number of high-end unmanned combat aircraft.

Then going by this logic, the 6th gen CCA displayed would already be in service!

 

[bsdnf]

Then going by this logic, the 6th gen CCA displayed would already be in service!

It's hard to say, perhaps it's meant to pair with the J-20S for now? No one has ever defined that CCA must be paired with sixth-generation aircraft, or that only those cooperating with sixth-generation aircraft can be called CCAs.

Or rather, are those even CCAs? Does the PLA really care about the term "CCA" that much?