This Thursday (9) in the parade to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the country North Korea Tractors and fire trucks displayed, not common tanks and missiles.
The North Korean government has programs nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles And for this it has to face international sanctions. Typically, the government uses parades to showcase its latest projects.
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In a January parade, celebrated the night before Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States, the North Korean military unveiled its ballistic missiles for submarines in Kim Il Sung Square. The country’s leader Kim Jong Un was present on this occasion.
Photo of the parade in North Korea on September 9, 2021 — Photo: Stringer/KCNA via KNS/AFP
At the time, the official news agency, KCNA, described the missiles as one of the “world’s most powerful weapons”.
But on Thursday, a “paramilitary and public security program” involved contingents from the Ministry of Railways and the Hungman Fertilizer Complex, according to KCNA.
Photo of the parade in Pyongyang on September 9, 2021 — Photo: Stringer/KCNA via KNS/AFP
Students in rifles, gas masks and orange protective suits accompanied by staff and mechanized paramilitary units paraded through the capital. According to the images released by the agency, the participants and the public participated in the program against Kovid without masks.
Image of the parade in North Korea, September 9, 2021 – Photo: Stringer / KCNA via KNS / AFP
The largest weapons displayed were small artillery pieces pulled by tractors, which KCNA said were attacked by agricultural cooperative workers “with firepower in an emergency to attack the invaders and their vassal forces.”
Kim Jong-un before the parade in North Korea, September 9, 2021 – Photo: Stringer / KCNA Via KNS / Via AFP
The country’s official Kim Jong-un, in a gray Western-style suit, attended the event marked by the cheers of the crowd during fireworks.
This Thursday, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea, celebrates 73 years since its founding.
The communist country has not been conducting nuclear tests or launching intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017.
Hong Min, a researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, explains that the regime uses the parade to send a “message to the international community” without retaliation.
“The only way to show off your strategic weapons is to launch them, which exposes them to protests and more international sanctions,” Hong Min said.
