North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, Displays Strongest Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>North Korean leader<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a large military parade displaying its new intercontinental ballistic missile in front of visiting international dignitaries&comma; state media KCNA said on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The parade&comma; which began late on Friday&comma; marked the 80th anniversary of the foundation of its ruling Workers&&num;8217&semi; Party and followed celebrations on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chinese Premier&comma; Li Qiang&comma; Russia&&num;8217&semi;s former President Dmitry Medvedev&comma; as well as Vietnam&&num;8217&semi;s Communist Party chief&comma; To Lam&comma; were seen at Kim&&num;8217&semi;s side at the parade&comma; while other foreign dignitaries looked on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the military parade&comma; nuclear-armed North Korea displayed its most advanced Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile&comma; described by KCNA as the country&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;strongest nuclear strategic weapon system&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Hwasong series of ICBMs has given North Korea the capacity to target anywhere on the U&period;S&period; mainland&comma; but questions remain over the sophistication of its guidance system to reach a target&comma; and the ability of a warhead it carries to withstand atmospheric re-entry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">The Hwasong-20<&sol;a> represents&comma; for the moment&comma; the apotheosis of North Korea&&num;8217&semi;s ambitions for long-range nuclear delivery capabilities&period; We should expect to see the system tested before the end of this year&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Ankit Panda of the U&period;S&period;-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30653" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30653" style&equals;"width&colon; 275px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-30653" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;Untitled-11&period;jpeg" alt&equals;" North Korean leader&comma; Kim Jong Un&comma; Displays Strongest Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles" width&equals;"275" height&equals;"183" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30653" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><br &sol;><em><strong>North Korean leader&comma; Kim Jong Un&comma; Displays Strongest Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The system is likely designed for the delivery of multiple warheads&&num;8230&semi; Multiple warheads will increase stresses on existing U&period;S&period; missile defence systems and augment what Kim sees as necessary to achieve meaningful deterrence effects against Washington&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other weapons on display included hypersonic ballistic missiles&comma; cruise missiles&comma; a new type of multiple rocket launcher and a launcher for suicide drones&comma; said Hong Min&comma; North Korea analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the military parade&comma; Kim gave a speech in which he expressed &&num;8220&semi;warm encouragement&&num;8221&semi; for North Korean troops in overseas operations&comma; adding its military&&num;8217&semi;s heroism will not only be seen in the defence of North Korea but also in &&num;8220&semi;outposts of socialist construction&comma;&&num;8221&semi; KCNA said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our army should continue to grow into an invincible entity that destroys all threats&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Kim said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kim held talks earlier on Friday with Medvedev&comma; who said the sacrifice of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in its military campaign in Ukraine proved the trust in relations between the two countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kim told Medvedev he hopes to continue strengthening cooperation with Russia and to closely engage in diverse exchanges to achieve common goals&comma; KCNA said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vietnam and North Korea also signed agreements of cooperation in various fields including between their defence&comma; foreign and health ministries&comma; KCNA said without elaborating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; Reuters<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;