Special guest: President Vladimir Putin of Russia
China world's largest economy celebrates 70 years of victory over Japan in World War II with grand military parade and display the ballistic missile DF-21D " Killer of aircraft carrier"
Xi Jinping presided over a military parade at Tiananmen with 12 000 soldiers.
The new weapons from China, including the deadliest intercontinental ballistic missiles and the "aircraft carrier killer" DF-21D
most impressive missile technologies, which can even cope with the US Navy in the event of military conflict between the two countries.
displayed seven types of missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles DF-5, DF-26, DF-21D medium-range missiles. Ballistic missiles capable of destroying aircraft carriers are of very great interest.
The DF-5, also known as Dongfeng 5, have a range of about 15,000 km. They are used since the 1980s and in 2015 were modernized to carry multiple independently targeted reentry missile (MIRV)
DF-21D supersonic, known as "killer of aircraft carriers."
"The DF-21D attack the target, a ship or aircraft carrier, the speed 10-12 Mach. Most sources said that the missiles can attack ships at a distance of about 1,600 km, surpassing attack radius aircraft US to board existing aircraft carrier, "says the researcher in his article entitled" Display: China's plan to sink the US Navy. "
The DF-26 missiles, modernized version of the DF-21, reportedly are able to reach the territory of the US island of Guam, where they are located some US military bases.
