Shortly before President-elect Joe Biden took office, North Korea held a parade in the presence of its leader Kim Jong-un, who reportedly displayed a new ballistic missile launched by a submarine that he called the “most powerful weapon” in the world.
The BBC, citing state media, reported that four of these missiles were seen in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday after a meeting that included Kim calling the Pyongyang the United States’ “biggest enemy”.
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Kim labeled the United States the “main enemy” of the North and said the fate of bilateral relations would depend on Washington discarding what Pyongyang considers hostile policies.
During its last military parade in October, the North unveiled a series of new strategic weapons, including what appeared to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Reuters reported that analysts believe Pyongyang plans to build a submarine capable of firing these missiles.
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Michael Duitsman, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), in California, accessed Twitter to say that the missiles in the parade appear to be an upgrade of its Pukguksong-4 version, according to Reuters.
The Associated Press contributed to this report