It is known that more than 10,000 troops were mobilized in the rehearsal exercise of the military parade (fever-style) currently underway in Pyongyang Mirim Airfield.
A source from the government said on the 2nd that "the size of the troops performing a row-style rehearsal at Pyongyang Mirim Airfield is more than 10,000," and "Hundreds of vehicles mobilizing troops are being detected."
However, he said, "the expected strategic weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) have not yet been identified."
Another source said, "North Korea expects to bring important mobilization equipment into the newly established equipment warehouse (equipment storage) in the vicinity of Mirim Airfield when fever is imminent."
In this regard, the US's North Korean media outlet 38 North reported that thousands of troops gathered around the area in the shape of Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang, based on satellite images taken on the 1st (local time) of Mirim Airfield on the 31st of last month. He said, "It is the first evidence that a rehearsal of the 75th anniversary of the Labor Party's military parade is underway," he said.
Based on this satellite image, Shin Jong-woo, senior analyst at the Defense Security Forum, said, "It is analyzed that 12,000 troops, including 11,000 troops of 38 fevers and 1,100 troops, were mobilized at the Mirim Airfield." .
He added, "A troop of this scale is the same as in previous years."
The Ministry of National Defense captured the trend related to the preparation of a feverish meal, such as the establishment of a new equipment high in the Mirim Airfield and repair of Kim Il-sung Square, saying, "The North Korean military continues to prepare for the event of the 75th anniversary of the party's establishment (October 10)," in a work report of the National Assembly Defense Committee in July. Reported that it did.
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