Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade

China unveils full land, sea and air nuclear triad for first time, weaponized ‘robot wolves’ at largest-ever military parade.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean heavyweight Kim Jong Un Wednesday as they took in a massive parade of China’s high-tech weapons — the communist nation’s largest ever show of force, which was meant as a clear challenge to the West. The arsenal in Beijing’s Tianament square included the first time China has showed off its nuclear triad — world-destroying weapons capable of launching for the land, the sea or the air. China also boasted truck-mounted lasers, underwater AI drones and “robot wolves.”

Xi had gathered the world’s despots in China as part of a show of strength and a clear message of deterrence against the United States. It is also a threat to democratic Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a renegade province. 

Xi earlier in the week revealed his vision of a new world order at a regional security summit where he called for unity against global “hegemonism and power politics” — a dig at the United States and President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have strained long-standing alliances.