Days before US President Joe Biden assumed power
Military parade in North Korea with ballistic missiles
Kim supervised the parade, which featured infantry and artillery
North Korea demonstrated a ballistic missile, which could be launched from a submarine, during a military parade organized yesterday in Pyongyang, days before US President Joe Biden assumed power.
The offer came at the conclusion of the ruling Workers ’Party’s conference, during which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the United States as" the main enemy of his country. "
Smiling Kim, wearing a black leather coat and a fur hat, supervised the parade, which featured infantry and artillery, as well as tanks.
And an air show took place with planes that formed the number 8, to celebrate the eighth conference of the party.
"The elite units, which will proudly cross Kim Il-Sung Square, represent our absolute strength," North Korean Defense Minister Kim Jong-gwan was quoted by North Korean Defense Minister Kim Jong-gwan as saying before the parade.
The agency said: "The most powerful weapon in the world, namely the ballistic missiles, launched from submarines that entered the arena one after the other, to show the strength of the revolutionary armed forces."
Pictures showed at least four missiles, armed with black and white warheads, passing through a crowd waving flags.
The expert, Ankit Panda, of the Carnegie Endowment Center, which is based in Washington, said that this model of missiles had not been disclosed by North Korea before.
An expert, Park Won-gun, of Handong Global University, in South Korea, described the missiles as "the North's most powerful nuclear weapon."
Similar, smaller missiles have been shown in the past.
Finally, pictures of the test launch were published, but it was not possible to say if it was launched from a submarine.
A submarine-launched ballistic missile could allow Pyongyang to change its strategy, with the possibility of launching a surprise attack near the United States, or even carrying out a strike without the help of its ground forces.
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