Nuclear-powered underwater drone appears at Victory Day parade

A Russian military website said the nuclear-powered underwater drone Hiel-1 appeared for the first time in a North Korean parade.

North Korea unveiled a nuclear-powered underwater drone at a large-scale military parade held in Pyongyang on the evening of July 27. (Source: KCNA)

This is a remarkable event in the context of ongoing nuclear tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

In March this year, according to Yonhap news agency, North Korea successfully tested this underwater drone. It is known that Hiel-1 spent more than 40 hours underwater, which shows its high technical characteristics and ability to carry out long-term underwater missions.

The device is a major step forward in North Korea's military capabilities and clearly demonstrates that the Pyongyang regime continues to actively develop its nuclear and missile programs despite international sanctions and demands to stop these activities.

A large-scale military parade was held in Pyongyang on the evening of July 27 to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War, known as Victory Day by the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and high-ranking delegations from Russia and China attended the event.

According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) , North Korea's latest Hwasong-17 and Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles appeared in the parade, alongside new types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the Hiel-1 nuclear-powered underwater drone.

Earlier this year, North Korea said it had successfully tested an underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, designed to generate massive radioactive waves when detonated below the surface of the water, with the aim of attacking enemy fleets or coastal areas.

"This weapon is capable of hitting most ports in South Korea where US troops are stationed, no matter where it is launched from in North Korea," said Kim Dong-Yeob, a researcher at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.

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