North Korea may unveil powerful missiles during celebratory parade: Report

As rth Korea preparing to celebrate 75th founding anniversary of ruling party on October 10, experts are speculating about a possible unveiling of newly developed, powerful missiles. A South Korean professor reportedly said that rth Korean leer Kim Jong Un would like to mobilise public amid ecomic crisis and send a strong mess to entire world amid a delock in nuclear diplomacy.

“His people are considerably wearied and his ecomy is in trouble ... so Kim Jong Un would want to mobilise his people and stress a self-reliant policy to quell ir complaints and draw ir loyalty,” Nam Sung-wook, a professor at Korea University in South Korea, was quoted as saying by PTI.

Recent satellite ims have suggested presence of a vehicle carrying intercontinental ballistic missile at a pare training ground in Pyongyang suburbs. A US-based think-tank h said that vehicle, spotted at a pare training ground, maybe carrying intercontinental ballistic missile amid signs of preparation for celebratory pare on October 10.

Analysis of satellite imry

38 rth, a program of Stimson Center dedicated to analysing events in and around rth Korea, released satellite imry of Mirim Pare Training Ground on September 22. analysts said that shape and size of vehicle suggests a transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) for a large missile. However, y also ded that it could be a towed mobile-erector-launcher (MEL) with its truck-tractor attached, citing insufficient imry resolution.

“While imry resolution is insufficient to determine exactly what vehicle is, relative size and shape suggests that it may be a transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) for a large missile,” group said.

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y ackwledged that vehicle could be something else but ded that it seems unlikely in this particular location and circumstance.” Mirim facility has regularly been used as a rehearsal location for pares but rehearsals, according to 38 rth, started slightly later when compared to previous years, possibly because of COVID-19 measures and wear constraints. 

group h earlier reported garing of hundreds of vehicles and thousands of troops ahe of major military pare. think-tank h released satellite imry which showed formation of troops and vehicles at Mirim Pare Training Ground and a replica of Kim II Sung Square, where actual pare will take place. 

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(With PTI inputs)