Day: September 5, 2025

On Wednesday, China held a massive military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, showcasing a long list of new weapons, drones, aircraft, and more, in a spectacle meant to both commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and maybe more importantly, to garner media publicity around the globe for the nation’s new top-of-the-line Defense technologies.

China just staged its biggest-ever military parade — and it wasn’t just pomp and pageantry. Tiananmen Square turned into a weapons showroom: lasers to shoot down drones, AI-powered tanks, robot dogs, swarms of missiles, and stealth fighters. Beijing also unveiled its full nuclear triad, signalling it can strike from land, sea, and air. But what’s the message behind this display? Palki Sharma tells you.—China | Tiananmen Square | Robot Wolves | China Military Parade 2025 | China Army Parade | China World War 2 Parade | Xi Jinping | Kim Jong Un | Vladimir Putin | China | North Korea | Russia | People’s Liberation Army | PLA | CCP | Beijing Army Parade | Beijing Military Parade | Donald Trump | China Victory Day Parade | Victory Day Parade 2025 | Firstpost | World News | News Live | Vantage | Palki Sharma | News

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Inside Beijing’s shock parade: DF-5C MIRVs, hypersonic YJ missiles, laser LY-1, robot “wolves,” AJX-002 UUV, carrier-ready J-35, nuclear triad, and drone swarms. What China revealed—and strategically withheld—matters for global power.

After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War.Trump said the switch was intended to signal to the world that the United States was a force to be reckoned with, and he complained that the Department of Defense’s name was “woke.”“I think it sends a message of victory. I think it sends, really, a message of strength,” Trump said of the change as he authorized the Department of War as a secondary title for the Pentagon.Congress has to formally authorize a new name, and several of Trump’s closest supporters on Capitol Hill proposed legislation earlier Friday to codify the new name into law.But already there were cosmetic shifts. The Pentagon’s website went from “defense.gov” to “war.gov.” Signs were swapped around Hegseth’s office while more than a dozen employees watched. Trump said there would be new stationery, too.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom Trump has begun referring to as the “secretary of war,” said during the signing ceremony that “we’re going to go on offense, not just on defense,” using “maximum lethality” that won’t be “politically correct.”The attempted rebranding was another rhetorical salvo in Trump’s efforts to reshape the U.S. military and uproot what he has described as progressive ideology. Bases have been renamed, transgender soldiers have been banned and websites have been scrubbed of posts honoring contributions by women and minorities to the armed forces.He’s also favored aggressive — critics say illegal — military action despite his criticism of “endless wars” under other administrations. He frequently boasts about the stealth bomber strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and he recently ordered the destruction of a boat that the U.S. says was carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela.The Republican president insisted that his tough talk didn’t contradict his fixation on being recognized for diplomatic efforts, saying peace must be made from a position of strength. Trump has claimed credit for resolving conflicts between India and Pakistan; Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Armenia and Azerbaijan, among others. (He’s also expressed frustration that he hasn’t brought the war between Russia and Ukraine to a conclusion as fast as he wanted.)“I think I’ve gotten peace because of the fact that we’re strong,” Trump said, echoing the “peace through strength” motto associated with President Ronald ReaganWhen Trump finished his remarks on the military, he dismissed Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from the room.“I’m going to let these people go back to the Department of War and figure out how to maintain peace,” Trump said.Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube proposed legislation in the House to formally change the name of the department.“From 1789 until the end of World War II, the United States military fought under the banner of the Department of War,” Steube, an Army veteran, said in a statement. “It is only fitting that we pay tribute to their eternal example and renowned commitment to lethality by restoring the name of the ‘Department of War’ to our Armed Forces.”Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, are introducing companion legislation in the Senate.The Department of War was created in 1789, then renamed and reorganized through legislation signed by President Harry Truman in 1947, two years after the end of World War II. The Department of Defense incorporated the Department of War, which oversaw the Army, plus the Department of the Navy and the newly created independent Air Force.

China’s military parade scared the world – especially with the new Axis being formed between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This is the moment where everything changed. However, it’s not what it seems. China’s military parade is being covered by media as a success, but there were SO Many things that people missed.

Recently, on the platform Douyin, Chinese version of Tiktok, many users compiled a list of Lei Jun’s recent over-the-top statements. One user pointed out that Lei Jun is doing a service to society by filtering potential customers based on their brand perception.