In photos: North Korea exhibits underwater ballistic missile in new military parade

During a military parade on the occasion of the 8th Workers’ Party Congress, North Korea on Thursday exhibited a new submarine ballistic missile, which has been described by the country’s authorities as “the most powerful weapon. powerful world ”.

The new weapon, called Pukguksong-5, is a new version of a ballistic missile launched from a submarine. The last time the country tested such a weapon was in 2019, with the Pukguksong-3 SLBM, which had an estimated range of 1,900 kilometers, 900 kilometers more than the distance between North Korea and Japan.

The parade, held in Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the North Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed.

Also last week at the party’s congress – the first the country has held in five years – Kim assured that they would improve the country’s nuclear capability by developing new weapons to develop “a nuclear shield.” perfect”.

In his speech, Kim boasted of “rejecting any attempt to undermine the supreme interest and dignity of the country and of not making the slightest concession on revolutionary principles” in the face of “the desperate offensive” of the United States.

The last military parade that North Korea had organized until this Thursday was in 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the Korean Workers’ Party, although apparently the show of force in the parade on that last day was less. .

At that time, the new Pukguksong-4A submarine missile and a new ICBM were presented, which were not specifically named.