CPC’s 70th anniversary parade revealed China’s architecture for undertaking weather modification | The Indian Express

CPC’s 70th anniversary parade revealed China’s architecture for undertaking weather modification | The Indian Express

Written by Ajey Lele |Updated: October 3, 2019 9:38:48 am

Ajay Lele, a research fellow at IDSA, Delhi, is author of 'Mission Mars: India’s Quest for the Red Planet’

CPC’s 70th anniversary parade revealed China’s architecture for undertaking weather modification

Chinese authorities always try to ensure that they have blue skies during the conduct of such parades and festivities. However, this time, there was a cloud of smog hanging over Beijing.

XChinese President Xi Jinping, center left, with former presidents Jiang Zemin, center right, 

and Hu Jintao, left, and Premier Li Keqiang attend the celebration to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019. (AP Photo)

China’s President Xi Jinping announced that “no force” can shake China during the huge military parade to celebrate 70 years of Communist Party rule on October 1. China’s progress in the military arena was on full display during this parade. One of the major military systems displayed was the new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile. Such missiles are capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields available with the major powers. However, one weapon, which China was expected not to “display” but to “demonstrate” was absent and that was the Weather Weapon.