State media photos of the parade, which marked the 75th anniversary of North Korea’s army, showed Kim Jong Un presiding over the event with his wife and young daughter.
brought his young daughter to a huge military parade showing off the latest hardware from his fast-growing nuclear arsenal, including intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to reach the United States, state media said Thursday.
Commercial satellite images of the parade released by Maxar Technologies Inc. showed huge, missile-carrying trucks passing Kim Il Sung Square.
Some experts had anticipated that North Korea would use the parade to showcase a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, which would potentially be a crucial addition to the country’s long-range arsenal targeting the U.S. mainland.
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