Waching daily Feb 20 2019

The People's Liberation Army of China has shown off its most powerful missiles in a new propaganda video to demonstrate its military might

The dramatic clip shows soldiers from Beijing's Rocket Force parading and launching deadly warheads during live-fire drills

One of the missiles is Dongfeng-41, or DF-41, which is said to have the longest range of any ballistic rockets in the world, and could reach London or the United States with nuclear warheads

Other impressive missiles in the video include short-range guided missile DF-2, intercontinental ballistic missile DF-5B and long-range guided missile DF-26

DF-26 is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and striking 'important targets on land and medium-to-large ships at sea with precision', according to previous reports

The propaganda video was released yesterday by the Rocket Force on its official account on Twitter-like Weibo

Like a Hollywood trailer, the 80-second clip captures fearless Chinese soldiers conducting missiles drills

It also shows multiple warheads soaring into the skies and blowing up targets.China has claimed to own around 2,500 missiles

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has two series of missiles, the Dongfeng or 'East Wind' guided missiles and the Julang or 'Giant Wave' nuclear submarine missiles

According to Global People magazine, the Dongfeng missiles are the first series of missiles completely built by the Chinese people and is the country's main weapon for national defence

Last month, Beijing reportedly mobilised its supersonic nuclear missile DF-26 after a U

S.destroyer sailed into the disputed waters in South China Sea.Days later, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage to show the missile being launched

DF-26 has been billed as the 'Guam Killer' by Chinese media as it's said to be capable of reaching Guam, a U.S.territory about 2,000 miles away from the Chinese coast.It's been hailed as Beijing's top weapon against Washington

China's Rocket Force is part the People's Liberation Army which handles the country's growing missile arsenal

The division was founded on January 1, 2016.It was renamed from the former Second Artillery Corps in the two-million-strong membership of the PLA

Commanders at the troop have claimed that their soldiers are 'ready to strike any targets at any time' under Beijing's order

Li Zhenglian, a brigade commander of the Rocket Force, told China Central Television Station in a previous interview: 'As long as there is an order, I am ready to bring out [soldiers] at any time, I can fire [missiles] at any time and I can strike [targets] accurately

' On its inauguration ceremony, the Chinese President Xi Jinping said the move to form the Rocket Force was a major decision made to 'realise the Chinese dream of a strong military'

The decision was also a 'strategic step to establish a modern military system with Chinese characteristics', said President Xi

Since coming to power in 2012, the Chinese President Xi Jinping has trumpeted building a stronger, combat-ready army

During a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 2017, President Xi touted the need to build a 'world-class' army capable of 'defeating all invading enemies'

Last March, Beijing announced it would splash out 1.11 trillion yuan (£132 billion) on the defence budget - an 8.1percent increase from the year before - to give a boost to the modernisation of the PLA, the world's largest standing military

According to a recent report by the Pentagon, China has some of the world's most advanced weapon systems