A. B. Abrams
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a ceremony to mark the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Aug. 4, 2024. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.
On August 4 the armed forces of North Korea – the Korean People’s Army – made an unprecedented display of ballistic missile firepower, with a ceremony marking the commissioning of 250 launchers for the KN-24 short range tactical missile system. Each launcher carries four missiles, for a total arsenal of 1,000.
The ceremony was attended by party, government and military officials, as well as defense scientists, technicians, munitions industry workers and “persons of merits in Pyongyang Municipality.” Commanding officers and other service members, presumably from associated missile units, were also confirmed to be in attendance.
The ceremony saw the missile systems handed over to Korean People’s Army “frontline units” near the Demilitarized Zone, where the bulk of the country’s ground forces have been deployed for decades.
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