It’s gotta be the world’s worst Xi-some. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean heavyweight Kim Jong Un Wednesday as they took in a massive parade of China’s high-tech weapons — the communist nation’s largest ever show of force, which was meant as a clear challenge to the West. 

The arsenal in Beijing’s Tianament sqauare included the first time China has showed off its nuclear triad — world-destroying weapons capable of launching for the land, the sea or the air. China also boasted truck-mounted lasers, underwater AI drones and “robot wolves.”

“The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable,” Xi touted at the ceremony attended by more than 50,000 people to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. 

“The Chinese people are… not afraid of violence and are self-reliant and strong,” he boasted. “Today, mankind is faced with the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum.” 

Xi had gathered the world’s despots in China as part of a show of strength and a clear message of deterrence against the United States. It is also a threat to democratic Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a renegade province. 

Xi earlier in the week revealed his vision of a new world order at a regional security summit where he called for unity against global “hegemonism and power politics” — a dig at the United States and President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have strained long-standing alliances.

Despite the large powerful showing from Beijing, Trump shrugged off the parade as a spectacle aimed at trying to get his goat.

“I thought it was very, very impressive, but I understood the reason they were doing it. And they were hoping I was watching — and I was watching,” Trump said of the military showboating. 

Trump also took a shot at Xi on Tuesday, asking him to “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.”

He also pointed out that revisionist Xi had conveniently left the US out of his narrative about how World War II ended. Japan finally surrendered unconditionally after the US devastated the nation with two atomic bombs in 1945.

China’s power flex included an upgraded intercontinental ballistic missile, called the Dongfeng-5C (DF-5C), capable of releasing multiple, independent warheads on a single target up to 12,400 miles away. 

Beijing hailed it as the “Guam killer” — specifically designed to target America’s military outpost in the Pacific. 

Other nuclear-capable missiles shown off were the air-based, long-range missile Jinglei-1, the submarine-launched intercontinental missile Julang-3, and land-based intercontinental missiles DF-61 DF-31, Xinhua reported.

Along with the missiles, China also unveiled its LY-1 naval laser system, an energy weapon Beijing has been developing for years to counter drone attacks.

As opposed to the laser weapons popularized in science-fiction, the LY-1 laser reportedly neutralizes the optical sensors of enemy devices, effectively blinding them, military experts said. 

Beijing also showed off its army of clankers — including “robot wolves,” four-legged autononous machines can be used for a variety of tasks like reconnaissance and sweeping for mines and even hunting down enemy soldiers.

The Chinese military also revealed a giant 65-foot drone submarine, known as the AJX-002, that will likely conduct surveillance and recon missions, the outlet noted.

The AI-powered unmanned vehicle is also capable of carrying nuclear warheads, experts believe.

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China’s new battle tank, the Type-100, includes air defenses and reconnaissance drones.

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The missile has a range of 12,400 miles.

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While Trump scoffed at China’s new torpedo-shaped drones and array of hypersonic weapons, experts warned that the tech could pose a threat to the US and its allies’ interests in the region as it asserts greater control over the South China Sea.

The combination of land, air, and sea nuclear weapons and drones will “create an area that external navies couldn’t even enter to intervene,” said James Char, a China defense scholar at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

Char and other experts believe that China’s show of force was also intended to tell smaller nations that they can count on China as a “guarantor of peace” instead of the US.

Timothy Heath, a senior researcher who studies the Chinese military at the global policy institute RAND, said it was no coincidence that Beijing decided to show off its new missiles for the first time at the parade.

“Beijing’s decision to showcase these weapons sends a not-so-subtle message to Taiwan and Washington that China has the ability to threaten American warships,” Heath told The New York Times. 

Also on display during the parade was China’s new battle tank, the Type-100, which is equipped with high-tech systems, including air defenses and reconnaissance drones.

New aerospace and information support units were also featured in the demonstration, emphasizing China’s determination to compete in advanced space and electronic warfare.

Additionally, some 10,000 soldiers goose-stepped perfectly in concert before more than 50,000 spectators.

The parade also unveiled a new cyberspace unit of China’s armed forces, which will helm the country’s cybersecurity defense measures, Sky News reported, citing the Xinhua state news agency.

While China said all of its new weapons were operational, that may not be the case, according to military expert Chieh Chung, a researcher at the Taipei-based Association of Strategic Foresight.

“Some weapons may still be in limited deployment to units, undergoing ‘field testing during deployment,’ and may not yet be fully standardised or ready for mass production,” he said.

With Post wires