On September 3, the Chinese military celebrated the end of World War 2 in the Pacific with a long-awaited parade. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese officially surrendered on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, marking the 80th anniversary of the formal end of hostilities. On September 3, 1945, national Chinese forces, then acting on behalf of the Republic of China, held a victory parade in Chongqing, a city in central China. The event was named the "80th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War" by the PRC in their official statements.
The PLA demonstrated a number of freshly unveiled or newly developed military capabilities at the Chinese military parade. The entire range of land, air, and naval forces were represented in the weapon systems. The ceremony on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing was further enhanced by a flying display by PLA Army helicopters, PLAAF, and PLA Navy fixed wing aviation.
An overview of the naval capabilities on exhibit is given by Naval News, which also highlights unanswered questions and gives more context for the event. Notable designs are described. Apart from surface combatants and submarines, the missile displays and airborne overflights in particular highlight the continuous modernization of the PLAN carrier fleet.
A special naval segment featuring the HHQ-9C, HQ-16C, and HQ-10 missile systems for naval air defense was part of the Chinese military parade. The revolutionary shipborne laser-based directed energy weapon LY-1 came next. From the longest to the shortest range interceptor systems, the presentation sequence appeared to demonstrate air defense capability.
The long-range air defense capacity of PLAN is represented by HHQ-9. Mounted in a vertical launch system unique to this combatant, the missile first appeared on missile destroyers of the Type 052C series. The Type 052D and the big Type 055 missile destroyers are equipped with the range-extended HHQ-9B version. These designs use their "universal" VLS or UVLS to launch the munitions. The redesigned HHQ-9C has a larger booster supported by a slimmer body. Additionally, the body has prominent attitude control thrusters that replace the forward segment's flight control surfaces. Its precise capabilities are still unknown.For high altitude endo-atmospheric air defense, including against ballistic missiles, observers compare it to the Patriot PAC-3 CRI and MSE missiles.
Additional details are still unknown, such as whether the warhead is fragmentation- or hit-to-kill-designed. Dual-packing the missile into UVLS would be possible because to its small form factor, although this is still purely hypothetical.
Type 054A and Type 054B multirole frigates are the main targets of the PLAN's medium-range air defense missile, the HQ-16. In addition to being found aboard certain updated older missile destroyers, including as the Type 051C, Type 052B, and Sovremenny-class combatants, the missile uses the H/AKJ-16 VLS. The American RIM-162 ESSM is the operational counterpart of HQ-16 in Western navies. However, the HQ-16 requires one cell per missile and cannot be quad-packed like ESSM. A range-extended version of the original design is the HQ-16B.
The B-variant has been further modified with the HQ-16C, which may include a new motor and wider control surfaces. The design works with Type 054A-frigates and, most likely, the more recent 054B.
It's interesting that the rocket was not shown in the official Chinese military parade footage, thus we just have a few low-quality pictures of the gathering.
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