Sea parade showcases growing naval prowess

Carrier group, newest nuclear subs, destroyers are pride of fleet

The naval hardware seen in Thursday's sea parade represented the achievements made by the People's Liberation Army Navy in its modernization drive, military observers said.

Senior Captain Cao Weidong, a researcher at the PLA Naval Military Studies Research Institute, said that the Navy received a large number of new weapons with advanced capabilities over the past five years and the new hardware features a higher information capability and optimized joint operation system and thus can better carry out sophisticated joint operations.