Missiles are on display during a military parade marking North Korea's ruling party congress, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 14, 2021. 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)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in these images distributed by the North Korean government. The Korean language watermark reads "KCNA," which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
A North Korean military parade celebrates the ruling party congress on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korean soldiers march in formation during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea showed off weapons during a Jan. 14, 2021, parade in the capital. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader Kim Jong Un’s defiant calls to expand his nuclear weapons program. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in these images distributed by the North Korean government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korean state TV aired edited footage of a military parade that showed thousands of civilians and troops roaring and fireworks exploding overhead. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Reports and video from state media suggested that North Korea's leader did not make a speech during the parade. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Photos and video released by state media didn’t appear to include weapons that could be definitively identified as intercontinental ballistic missiles. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Missiles are seen on trucks during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
A tank unit parades through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)