Pyongyang: North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, marking the end of a political congress at which leader Kim Jong Un admitted severe failings but pledged to boost the country’s military might.
Clad in a black leather coat, gloves and fur hat, Kim smiled and waved as he watched the parade in a flood-lit Kim Il Sung Square.
The parade follws a rare political meeting where Mr Kim decried the US as his country’s “foremost principal enemy”.
The show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president.
Images released by North Korean state media showed at least four large black-and-white missiles being driven past flag-waving crowds.
Analysts noted that it was a previously unseen weapon. “New year, new Pukguksong,” tweeted one North Korea expert, using the North Korean name for their submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
