WE HAVE A PARADE (and I& #39;m already shouting at them to get on with it)
Watch here, thanks to our pals at @nknewsorg
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And we& #39;re [almost] off
And there& #39;s yer man
After an emotional speech in which Kim concedes economic woes and thanks the people for keeping Covid at bay, "North Korea will live forever!"
It& #39;s a mix of highly choreographed show, and so much hardware.
So much goose-stepping. And for the spotters, the assault weapons seem to be new.
Here’s how we’re seeing this parade - a 4.5m dish somewhere in a field in Oxfordshire looking at the free-to-air transmission on Intelsat 21.
"I& #39;m not really a welder you know"
They& #39;ve blinged up the Air Force.
Seven North Korean Mig-29s in the air - the most I& #39;ve ever seen.
And this is the stuff we& #39;re here for.
I can& #39;t count. ELEVEN axles. This is a monster of a missile.
We& #39;re done. The crowd roars, and the trousers flap.
Huge thanks due to @nknewsorg, @nktpnd and Joost Oliemans for the background on this parade. Big questions for the West after seeing a highly-equipped NK military.
And I can tell you for nothing (because I’ve heard it so often in the past) that this particular tune and cheering combination is straight out of the Korea Central TV sound effects library. THAT’S how much North Korean TV I watch. https://twitter.com/alistaircoleman/status/1314903203528540165">https://twitter.com/alistairc...
State news agency KCNA has just published 111 photos from the parade. I may be gone some time.
(Pictured: Man who has been very brave, Kim Jong Un, man who has been not nearly as brave)
(Pictured: Man who has been very brave, Kim Jong Un, man who has been not nearly as brave)
Call those medals? THESE are medals.