{"id":149364,"date":"2025-09-04T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldtribune.com\/?p=149364"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:36:06","slug":"special-report-chinas-parade-sent-cognitive-warfare-messages-showcased-new-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/special-report-chinas-parade-sent-cognitive-warfare-messages-showcased-new-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Report: China’s parade sent ‘cognitive warfare’ messages, showcased new weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

by<\/em><\/span> WorldTribune<\/strong> Staff<\/em><\/span><\/span>, September 4, 2025 <\/em>Real World News<\/span><\/a>
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FPI<\/span><\/strong> \/ September 3, 2025 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

GeostrategyDirect<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong>com<\/em><\/p>\n

By<\/em><\/span> Richard Fisher<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Sept. 3 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping hosted his fourth major military parade spectacle, this time marking the 80th anniversary of Japan World War Two defeat, for what China calls \u201cChinese People\u2019s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Axis of nuclear dictators, China\u2019s Xi Jinping, center, leads Vladimir Putin, left, North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-Un, right, and Pakistani President Sharif, far right, to the Chinese military parade on Sept. 3. \/ Chinese internet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Such parade spectacles are a major weapon in what Chinese strategists call \u201ccognitive warfare,\u201c or simply the ability to mobilize and direct broad information to shape perceptions in order to influence the actions of your enemy.<\/p>\n

Of the parade a June 27 state media People\u2019s Daily report states, \u201cThe commemoration events serve as a solemn tribute to the Chinese people’s arduous and heroic resistance against Japanese militarist aggression, reaffirming the Chinese people’s steadfast commitment to the path of peaceful development and to upholding world peace, carrying far-reaching and profound significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

A different view is offered by Hudson Institute fellow, U.S. Naval Academy professor and Chinese \u00e9migr\u00e9 Dr. Miles Yu, who in an Aug. 30 Linkedin post stated of this parade:<\/p>\n

\u201cOstensibly a tribute to the national heroes, it is, in reality, a carefully orchestrated historical faux pas \u2014 a political spectacle designed to glorify the CCP, vilify a long-transformed, democratic, free, and peaceful Japan, and deceive the Chinese people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The CCP actually played no major role in the war against Japan; Mao Zedong\u2019s strategy was to let Japan wear down the forces of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), so that after the war with great assistance from the Soviet Union, he could defeat the KMT\u2014 which worked.<\/p>\n

No prominent Western democratic leaders attended this parade, and even United States Ambassador to China David Perdue skipped the parade, while Japan and Taiwan discouraged prominent leaders from attending the parade.<\/p>\n

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The new DF-5C ICBM seen in parts may be a new Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) capable of Trans-Antarctica attacks to defeat U.S. Golden Dome defenses. \/ Chinese internet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But China sought to create the image of world respect by leveraging the just concluded Tianjin summit of the Chinese-led proto-alliance Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The parade\u2019s political projection was enhanced by the attendance of most SCO member state leaders \u2014 except India\u2019s Prime Minister Nahendra Modi \u2014 totaling 26 state leaders.<\/p>\n

China deliberately created the impression that its \u201cAxis of Evil\u201d is a real alliance, showing multiple images of the Xi Jinping with Vladimir Putin and North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-Un, and occasionally with Pakistan\u2019s President Sharif \u2014 all nuclear armed dictatorships.<\/p>\n

Messages Of The Weapons Include . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sept. 3 collection of weapons has a number of messages:<\/p>\n

\u2022 To remind the Chinese people of the futility of opposing the CCP;
\n\u2022 To convey to the United States that China\u2019s growing nuclear missile power and anti-missile power is creating a new global balance of power;
\n\u2022 To warn the people of Taiwan that the United States and its allies cannot save them from an eventual Chinese invasion to destroy their democracy;
\n\u2022 To warn global leaders that China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) will soon be projection its power around the globe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An Aug. 22 People\u2019s Daily article notes this parade, \u201cwill be the first of its kind since China embarked on a new journey to advance Chinese modernization on all fronts,\u201d or the general PLA modernization reforms that date to late 2015.<\/p>\n

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The PLA revealed two fighter-size air-superiority optimized unmanned Cooperative Combat Aircraft (CCAs), the world\u2019s first. \/ Chinese internet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This article further notes that the parade will include \u201c45 echelons,\u201d but only about 22 will feature new and older weapons \u2014 all of which are in PLA service \u2014 and unofficial Chinese sources indicate that about 70 major weapon systems will be displayed in the parade.<\/p>\n

. . . And, Golden Dome Cannot Save America<\/strong><\/p>\n

A key message conveyed by the new weapons revealed in the parade is that the United States cannot be saved by President Donald Trump\u2019s Golden Dome national missile defense; The PLA\u2019s strategic forces will retain its ability to deter, coerce and attack the United States.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most powerful new nuclear weapon revealed was the DF-5C silo-based liquid fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).<\/p>\n

Previously thought to be a future 10-warhead armed version, in the parade it only showed one large warhead, but with the parade\u2019s Chinese commentator saying it was capable of \u201cglobal strike coverage,\u201d unofficial Chinese commentators have speculated it is a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) capable of attacking the U.S. from its southern approaches, to counter Golden Dome.<\/p>\n

The new DF-61 ICBM looks like a modified DF-41 seen in previous parades and uses the same 16-wheel transporter, so the ICBM missile is likely more capable, perhaps armed with multiple Hypersonic Glide Vehicle warheads, again, to defeat Golden Dome.<\/p>\n

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