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North Korea on Saturday, April 15, for the first time showed its ballistic missile submarines (SLBM), reports Reuters.
For the first time the public saw those rockets before they had to go on parade in Pyongyang to mark the main national holiday of the DPRK, the birthday of the founder of the Republic Kim Il sung.
State television showed SLBM “Pookkalam-2” truck waiting for the parade.
As the Supreme commander, the parade, North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, dressed in a black European suit with a tie, the correspondent of TASS from the event.
The celebration in the DPRK are in a situation of increasing international tension around the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. Navy concentrated in the region of the strike group led by the aircraft carrier “Carl Vinson”. It was reported that Washington is ready to launch a preemptive strike on North Korean military targets if Pyongyang decides for another nuclear test. His pre-emptive strike threatened and the DPRK.
Later sources reported that the United States currently do not intend to use military force against North Korea, and will focus on providing diplomatic and sanctions pressure.