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North Korea unveils submarine-launched ballistic missile at military parade
Source: CNN
North Korea unveils submarine-launched ballistic missile at military parade
Analysis by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 0457 GMT (1257 HKT) January 15, 2021
(CNN) — North Korea has celebrated the end of a rare political meeting by unveiling what appears to be a missile designed to be fired from a submarine.
Images released by the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) showed thousands of people and soldiers at a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang, the capital, including leader Kim Jong Un.
The headliner, however, was the new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) -- which KCNA declared was the "world's most powerful weapon." Pyongyang also showed off an apparent new short-range ballistic missile which, like its submarine counterpart, likely runs on solid fuel. Solid-fueled missiles can be fired on shorter notice than liquid-fueled counterparts.
The display comes just days after Kim said North Korea was pursuing sophisticated new armaments for the country's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, including a nuclear-powered submarine, tactical nuclear weapons and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems.
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Analysis by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 0457 GMT (1257 HKT) January 15, 2021
(CNN) — North Korea has celebrated the end of a rare political meeting by unveiling what appears to be a missile designed to be fired from a submarine.
Images released by the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) showed thousands of people and soldiers at a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang, the capital, including leader Kim Jong Un.
The headliner, however, was the new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) -- which KCNA declared was the "world's most powerful weapon." Pyongyang also showed off an apparent new short-range ballistic missile which, like its submarine counterpart, likely runs on solid fuel. Solid-fueled missiles can be fired on shorter notice than liquid-fueled counterparts.
The display comes just days after Kim said North Korea was pursuing sophisticated new armaments for the country's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, including a nuclear-powered submarine, tactical nuclear weapons and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/14/asia/north-korea-military-parade-intl-hnk/index.html
This picture taken on Thursday and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Friday shows what appears to be submarine-launched ballistic missiles during a military parade.
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Remember, Donnie and Kim are in love! He would never do such a thing...... 
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