most of the hardware displayed at the US 250 yr. army parade is old stuff from the cold war. The tanks and AFVs have been demonstrated as being easily knocked out/destroyed in Ukraine.

almost no drones and missiles were shown, which are the most important part of modern warfare

There's been very little new kit adopted in the army in the past 30 yrs.

Chinese leaders & Xi stand for Marx's 200th birthday. Pretty bizarre

6/30/2025
Russia conducted its largest combined strike series of the war on the night of June 28 to 29 by launching over 500 missiles and drones against Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian launched a total of 537 strike vehicles, including 447 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk, Oryol, and Bryansk cities; Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[1] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces also launched four Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the airspace above Tambov Oblast; seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Voronezh Oblast; 41 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles from Saratov, Kursk, and Bryansk oblasts; five Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea; and three S-300 air defense missiles from Kursk Oblast.

A Ukrainian F-16 was destroyed (pilot dead) with the SU-57 firing the R-37M

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-biggest-attack-war-f16-pilot-kill/