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If you’re trying to watch the North Korean parade, it appears that pre-taped footage of a nighttime parade is about to begin broadcast on KCTV. Join us here. https://twitter.com/nknewsorg/status/1314868938875056132">https://twitter.com/nknewsorg...
This is certainly ... different.
Wow.
This looks nuts.
Definitely some towed SLBMs in the lineup; tons of MLRS. Larger TELs too.
(Will post a little commentary on Twitter, but I’m chit-chatting live with @oryxspioenkop, @chadocl, and @jeongminnkim here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5Nf5Eb7EQul1mLqrRwliw/live)">https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...
Full-show broadcast on.
There’s Kim Jong Un—wearing a grey, western-style suit.
KJU waves from the new viewing platform at Kim Il Sung Square. And he’ll likely deliver opening remarks (as he did at the 10/10/2015 parade).
No face-masks anywhere; risky, but a show of confidence.
Kim Yo Jong.
Kim Jong Un delivers remarks.
Kim looks quite emotional as he acknowledges the efforts of the armed forces.
Note. https://twitter.com/BBCLBicker/status/1314878380794290177">https://twitter.com/BBCLBicke...
While we wait for KJU, the systems I’ve gotten a glimpse of so far in the lineup:
– 240/300/600 mm MLRS systems
– NLOS ATGM
– Pukguksong-(1/3) on a flatbed (?)
– Pongae-5 (KN06) SAM
– 240/300/600 mm MLRS systems
– NLOS ATGM
– Pukguksong-(1/3) on a flatbed (?)
– Pongae-5 (KN06) SAM
https://twitter.com/YonhapNews/status/1314879549029576706">https://twitter.com/YonhapNew...
The decision to hold this at night starts to make sense with KJU’s sharp, emotional emphasis on overcoming adversity: basically, suggesting that the WPK’s light will cut through the darkness.
From a propaganda perspective, at least, reminds me of this from last winter: KJU tending a bonfire, providing warmth in the cold.
https://twitter.com/nknewsorg/status/1314881044848369664">https://twitter.com/nknewsorg...
The show of apparent humility is also evocative of other themes in propaganda from last year. For instance, KJU bowing to workers. https://twitter.com/duyeonkim/status/1314881030851977217">https://twitter.com/duyeonkim...
Re: last tweet, see here. https://twitter.com/jeongminnkim/status/1199899941574864896">https://twitter.com/jeongminn...
Kim shouts: “Manse!” (Live long.) Looks like the speech is over and we’ll get into the actual parade now.
Note. https://twitter.com/duyeonkim/status/1314883112430526465">https://twitter.com/duyeonkim...
Getting closer to parade start.
Pukguksong-2 MRBMs.
Pre-taped footage from (probably) Sunchon AFB, showing KPAF pilots getting ride for Su-25/MiG-29 flights.
As @oryxspioenkop notes on our stream, these armored infantry vehicles are new.
KN06 SAMs & KN19 (Kumsong-3 CDCM).
Looks like Pukguksong-3 on the flat-bed. @ArmsControlWonk
Plenty of small arms modernization & introduction of new body armors. Conventional investments continue despite nuclear force progress.
Chemical warfare units: w/ PMK gas masks. (Note: right is from DPRK UN ambassador’s first committee speech today & DPRK is not CWC signatory.)
MiG-29 pilots getting ready (Sunchon AFB).
MiGs off from Sunchon (the benefit of a pre-taped, produced parade is having this footage).
7 x MiG-29. That’s a significant proportion of the total KPAF inventory.
KJU watches as MiG-29s release flares over KIS Square.
An-2 biplanes (?) deliver the WPK logo in formation.
NLOS ATGMs are back.
Converted 8x8 APC ATGM carriers.
New MBTs.
Tons of KN25 launcher configurations.
More KN25.
Pukguksong-4A?
New air defense radars.
KN06/Pongae-5.
KN23.
KN23 on tracked TELs.
KN24.
Hwasong-15.
11-axle ICBM: New *massive* system. Largest liquid-fueled missile anywhere.
Another shot. This would appear to be the “new strategic weapon.”
Correction. https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1314902110660632581">https://twitter.com/nktpnd/st...
Wrapping up live commentary on the @nknewsorg stream, but I’ll share more thoughts on Twitter soon. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5Nf5Eb7EQul1mLqrRwliw/live">https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...
And, if you want to know how things got to the point of this parade: https://www.amazon.com/Kim-Jong-Bomb-Survival-Deterrence/dp/0190060360">https://www.amazon.com/Kim-Jong-...
