N Korea army anniversary marked with missile display
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reviewed a massive military parade through Pyongyang today marking the anniversary of the country’s army.
The parade included dozens of missiles in a display of might amid ongoing tension over the North’s nuclear weapons.
Kim waved to the crowd for several minutes during the 90-minute procession through the capital’s central Kim Il Sung Square.
The parade marked the 75th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army, which dates its origin to resistance movements against Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula before its liberation and division following the Second World War.
After soldiers marched in formation, 48 missiles of four different sizes were driven through the square.
It was not immediately known if the arsenal included the North’s latest model, known abroad as the Taepodong-2, which experts believe could reach parts of the United States.
The North conducted its first-ever nuclear weapons test in October, although experts believe it does not have a bomb design advanced enough to be placed on a missile.
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