China has introduced new advanced radars that can detect anti-aircraft missiles, including drones, and submarines, as the country continues to intensify its combat capabilities and transform its military muscles amid rising emergence in the region.
Among the "star products" at the Nanjing exhibition, which ends on Saturday, is the first portable radar with a variety of landscapes, which can be controlled by a single soldier, according to the state-run Global Times newspaper.
These machines are called "drones terminator" because of their ability to detect small and slow-moving rocks that join them under powerful waves by flying close to the ground.
The so-called "YLC-48 radar" "can effectively detect and track incoming traffic from any angle", according to its developer, the state's No 14 Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC).
The radar uses integrated digital circuits, and can be deployed on all types of lightweight weapons platforms, can operate on missions under all weather conditions, and can be deployed and withdrawn quickly, the report said.
The center is also reportedly launching an Anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) radar, enhancing the country's defense capabilities in "critical regions".
With the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe over the past year, tensions have erupted in the region over a number of issues, with China finding itself embroiled in a political collision with the United States.
Washington and Beijing have repeatedly violated Chinese policies in Hong Kong and its administration of Uighurs in its northwestern region of Xinjiang - issues Beijing considers domestic affairs.
Tracing the boat's arrows
China also opposes growing ties between the US and Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rebel state.
Last year, China threatened to "make legal and necessary responses" after the US approved the sale of advanced weapons programs in Taiwan.
In recent weeks, China has conducted military tests involving its air traffic controller in waters off Taiwan. It has also been accused of flying its Taiwanese Air Force (ADIZ) airline almost daily.
In response, the US held several military tests linked to China's neighbors including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines, and sent its navy to conduct "freedom of movement" on the voyage to the disputed South China Sea.
Due to growing tensions in the region, Beijing has also reduced its military spending in recent years.
In 2019, China unveiled a deceptive new nuclear missile that it believes will be able to break all existing anti-missile missiles sent by the US and its allies.
Last year, it was reported that China was working to double its nuclear war.
China has also increased its use of unmanned aircraft, as well as its anti-drone radar capabilities.
At the Nanjing exhibition, another anti-drone radar system that is making its first public appearance is the S-band 3D TWA, a vertical radar.
According to a Global Times report, the new radar system could "simultaneously detect and track targets including low-altitude missiles, fighter jets and small drones".
"It will be distributed to key locations such as cities, nuclear facilities and military bases," the author was quoted as saying.
Hu Mingchun, director of the No 14 Research Institute which developed radar said the new systems are needed to "address low, medium and micro targets".
A separate Global Times report on the show said the new radar systems developed by China "are considered superior to their foreign counterparts".
Other radar equipment on display at the show is the YLC-8E, which can detect "even the most advanced aircraft", as well as KLJ-7A, China's first radar available for export.
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