China said that it will show off new weapons at a military parade next month, potentially giving rivals like the US a first chance to see what hardware the Asian nation is ready to field. “The weapons and equipment on display this time were all selected from major battle equipment that is domestically produced and is currently in service, with a large proportion being new types of equipment making their debut,” Wu Zeke, an official helping organize the event planned for Sept. 3, said at a briefing in Beijing on Wednesday. New hardware like tanks, fighter jets, drones and “and other advanced equipment to demonstrate our new quality combat force” would be displayed, he said, adding that the material would include hypersonic weapons. China under President Xi Jinping has been spending heavily to upgrade its military. The nation is also the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter, with customers are mostly developing nations like Pakistan that have limited funds. China is one of the world’s foremost developers of hypersonics — fast, low-flying and highly maneuverable weapons designed to be too quick and agile for traditional missile defense systems to detect in time. The technology is at the center of escalating competition between the US on one side and on the other China and Russia. Ukraine has said Russia used hypersonics in the war in 2024.

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