China steals the show, Russia looks peaks: how world leaders with parades claim military dominance

Tens of thousands of soldiers who march over a square in perfect pass, hypersonic missiles who roll past threatening and strong leaders who are laughing with a broad laugh. In Beijing, Moscow and Washington, military parades should not only commemorate, but especially to impress the rest of the world. It is spectacle and muscle language in one. But what does that warlike show actually say?

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