{"id":5604,"date":"2021-01-15T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/15\/see-the-weapons-at-north-koreas-latest-military-parade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:35:50","slug":"see-the-weapons-at-north-koreas-latest-military-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/gallery\/2021\/01\/15\/see-the-weapons-at-north-koreas-latest-military-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"See the weapons at North Korea\u2019s latest military parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2129\" height=\"1418\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4036\" data-id=\"4036\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg 2129w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015006421514.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1364 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2129px) 100vw, 2129px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Missiles are on display during a military parade marking North Korea&#8217;s ruling party congress, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 14, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4041\" data-id=\"4041\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015008901882.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1410\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4055\" data-id=\"4055\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,679 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1019 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015132630296.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1358 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in these images distributed by the North Korean government. The Korean language watermark reads &#8220;KCNA,&#8221; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1329\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4065\" data-id=\"4065\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015019791104.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A North Korean military parade celebrates the ruling party congress on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1413\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4077\" data-id=\"4077\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015119842626.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1361 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korean soldiers march in formation during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1409\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4088\" data-id=\"4088\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,679 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1018 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015080354534.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1357 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea showed off weapons during a Jan. 14, 2021, parade in the capital. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2120\" height=\"1413\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4103\" data-id=\"4103\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg 2120w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063650954.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2120px) 100vw, 2120px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s defiant calls to expand his nuclear weapons program. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2123\" height=\"1410\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4113\" data-id=\"4113\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg 2123w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015078680486.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1360 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2123px) 100vw, 2123px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in these images distributed by the North Korean government. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4124\" data-id=\"4124\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063731305.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korean state TV aired edited footage of a military parade that showed thousands of civilians and troops roaring and fireworks exploding overhead. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4138\" data-id=\"4138\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015018381870.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Reports and video from state media suggested that North Korea&#8217;s leader did not make a speech during the parade. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2071\" height=\"1381\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4156\" data-id=\"4156\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg 2071w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015063761424.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2071px) 100vw, 2071px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos and video released by state media didn\u2019t appear to include weapons that could be definitively identified as intercontinental ballistic missiles. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1396\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4172\" data-id=\"4172\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg?resize=768,504 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,672 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1009 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015070543001.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1345 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Missiles are seen on trucks during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2129\" height=\"1383\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4186\" data-id=\"4186\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg 2129w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg?resize=768,499 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,665 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,998 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21015072764888.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1330 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2129px) 100vw, 2129px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A tank unit parades through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea, and MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 North Korea displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/10\/12\/see-the-new-weapons-unveiled-at-north-koreas-military-parade\/\" target=_blank>in a parade<\/a> that underlined leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s defiant calls to expand the country\u2019s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim presided over Thursday\u2019s parade, which took place at night under powerful floodlights, the second time the country has done so. State media said he took center stage at the parade celebrating a major ruling party meeting in which he vowed maximum efforts to bolster the nuclear and missile program that threatens Asian rivals and the American homeland to counter what he described as U.S. hostility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an eight-day Workers\u2019 Party congress that ended Tuesday, Kim also revealed plans to salvage the nation\u2019s economy, hit by U.S.-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, pandemic-related border closures and natural disasters that wiped out crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The economic setbacks have left Kim with nothing to show for his ambitious diplomacy with President Donald Trump, which derailed over disagreements about sanctions relief in exchange for North Korean denuclearization steps, and pushed Kim to what is clearly the toughest moment of his nine-year rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s comments are likely intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/09\/03\/north-korea-waiting-for-us-elections-to-resume-talks-south-korean-ambassador-says\/\" target=_blank>pressure the incoming U.S. government<\/a> of Joe Biden, who has previously called the North Korean leader a \u201cthug\u201d and accused Trump of chasing spectacle rather than meaningful curbs on the North\u2019s nuclear capabilities. Kim has not ruled out talks, but said the fate of bilateral relations depends on whether Washington abandons its hostile policy toward North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What was on display?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parade featured the debut of a number weapons systems, primarily a number of what appears to be a new two-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile. Markings painted on the missile at the parade indicate that this new weapon is called the Pugguksong-5 and has a distinctly different warhead section from the Pugguksong-3 tested by North Korea in 2019 and the Pugguksong-4 displayed at the massive October 2020 parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another notable debutant at the parade was a road-mobile, solid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile, or SRBM. The as-yet unnamed system mounted a pair of missiles on a wheeled five-axle transporter-erector-launcher, or TEL, and appeared to be a larger version of the KN-24 SRBM previously unveiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new missile is also longer than the North Korean KN-23 SRBM, whose design is outwardly similar to the Russian Iskander missile. The KN-23 has been tested up to a range of 430 miles, and is also mounted in pairs, albeit on a shorter, four-axle version of the new missile\u2019s TEL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This North Korean parade was also notable for the missiles systems that did not make an appearance, which include the longer-ranged intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles that were present at earlier parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korean state TV on Friday aired edited footage of the parade, showing thousands of civilians and troops roaring and fireworks exploding overhead as Kim stepped out of a building and took his spot at a podium in Kim Il Sung Square, named after his grandfather and the country\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, wearing a black fur hat and leather trench coat, waved and smiled widely as his troops chanted \u201cLet\u2019s defend Kim Jong Un with our lives!\u201d and \u201cProtect with our lives the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea\u2019s Central Committee led by Great Comrade Kim Jong Un!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports and video from state media suggested that Kim did not make a speech during the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His defense minister, Kim Jong Gwan, said in a speech that North Korea\u2019s military would \u201cpreemptively marshal our greatest might to thoroughly punish hostiles forces\u201d if they threaten the North\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military aircraft flew in formation across the dark sky, using what appeared to be flares to form the symbol of the Workers\u2019 Party \u2014 a hammer, brush and sickle.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/04\/14\/north-korea-fires-barrage-of-missiles-in-weapons-test\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20105243615991.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea fires barrage of missiles in weapons test<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The show of force comes on the eve of a key state anniversary in the North and parliamentary elections in the rival South.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What does the parade represent?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has been developing submarine-launched ballistic missile systems for years. 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