North Korea plans to wheel out dozens of long-range missiles during parade a day before the Winter Olympics so they can ‘scare the hell out of the Americans’
A large-scale parade will take place on February 8 in Pyongyang, North Korea
The event is expected to showcase dozens of long-range missiles and rockets
The parade marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s military
The next day, South Korea will hold the Winter Olympics opening ceremony
By STEPHANIE HANEY
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 January 2018
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, will move forward with a large-scale military parade, the day before the Winter Olympics begins in South Korea, it has been confirmed.
Dozens of long-range missiles will be displayed along a route through North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang on February 8, two diplomatic sources with information on Jong-Un’s intentions toldCNN on Wednesday.
The display of might of ‘hundreds’ of missiles and rockets would be intended ‘to scare the hell out of the Americans,’ said one of the sources.
The news comes after President Donald Trump criticized Kim Jong-Un in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He aoso celebrated North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho, along with the parents of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died shortly after spending 17 months in captivity in North Korea for the attempted theft of a propaganda poster from his hotel room.
The event in Pyongyang is expected to include dozens of intercontinental-range Hwasong-15 missiles, which are the same missiles that were test-fired for the first time by Kim Jong-Un’s military in late November, the sources said.
The official purpose of the parade in North Korea is the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s military, but officials refuse to confirm what exactly is planned for the event.
Media from outside North Korea are expected to be banned from covering the parade.
The very next day, on February 9, South Korea is due to stage the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, roughly 180 miles southeast of the armament exhibition.
The Rest…HERE
