N. Korea Stages Largest Parade Displaying Long-Range Missiles

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North Korea mounted its largest ever military parade Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War, displaying its long-range missiles at a ceremony presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un.

The missiles, mounted on gigantic trailers, rolled through the sprawling Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang, as jet fighters and helicopters screeched through the overcast skies above and soldiers chanted “Let’s fight, fight, fight… for our republic!”.

Thousands of troops and spectators roared “Protect Kim Jong-Un with our lives” when the youthful leader appeared on the podium, flanked by top party and military leaders, in what the Nuclear-armed North described as its largest ever such display.

The parade was overlooked by two large portraits of Kim’s father, Kim Jong-Il and grandfather, founding father Kim Il-Sung, hung on the gigantic Grand People’s Study Hall, which flanks the square.

Choe Ryong-Hae, the North’s highest military official, made a speech to the massed crowds praising “our great general Kim Jong-Un” and hailing the North’s “proud and victorious history”. “A peaceful environment is more important than anything else for our country”, he said while warning that the North also had to be ready for war.

“All servicemen and people should… strengthen our defence and be firmly prepared to fend off any attacks from the outside”.

Source: Al Manar