During similar parades in the past, North Korea has shown off its military hardware as a sign of strength and defiance to those who oppose the state. The KN-11 is North Korea's first large solid-fuel missile and is a relatively new addition to North Korea's ballistic missile fleet. We first saw the Musudan IRBM in a similar parade in 2010, and North Korea's two ICBM designs (the KN-08 and KN-14) in 2012 and 2015. The first being the display of North Korea's new solid-fuel missiles, the KN-11 and KN-15. However, when framing the question of North Korea's missile development, it really isn't a matter of if we will see these missiles tested, but a matter of when.

Source: CNN April 17, 2017 03:33 UTC