China to hold military parade Sept. 3 for 80th anniv. of end of WWII

China said Tuesday it will hold a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, with President Xi Jinping set to deliver a speech on the occasion.The parade to commemorate what Beijing calls its victory in the 1937-1945 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will "display new-type combat capabilities such as unmanned intelligent systems, underwater combat units, cyber and electronic forces and hypersonic weapons," the official Xinhua News Agency said.Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the event. I…READ FULL ARTICLE