North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, delivers a speech during a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea's Army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast of North Korea's military parade, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on April 26, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate the development of nuclear weapons and threatened to use them if provoked in a speech he delivered at a military parade that featured powerful missiles capable of targeting the country’s rivals, state media reported. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
The Korean language watermark on this image reads "KCNA," which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
The parade featured thousands of goose-stepping troops and several of North Korea’s most powerful missiles. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
One of the weapons showcased at the brightly illuminated Kim Il Sung Square, named after Kim’s late grandfather and state founder, was North Korea’s biggest and newest ICBM, the Hwasong-17. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
The parade marked the 90th anniversary of North Korea's Army. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Fireworks lit up the night sky, and illuminated drones formed the country’s flag. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea often commemorates key state anniversaries by mobilizing huge crowds to boost internal unity. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea claimed to have test-fired a Hwasong-17 successfully last month, but South Korea concluded the launch was of the smaller Hwasong-15 and that a launch of the Hwasong-17 had failed. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast of the military parade, from Seoul, South Korea. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)