Kim throws down gauntlet with ‘gargantuan’ new ICBM

Ballistic behemoth: A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast showing what appears to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il-sung square in Pyongyang. — AFP

Seoul: The gargantuan new missile North Korea put on show at a military parade is an explicit threat to US defences and an implicit challenge to both the current and next American president, analysts say, warning Pyongyang could test the weapon next year.

Leader Kim Jong-un watched the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) roll through Kim Il-sung square – named after his grandfather – in Pyongyang at the climax of an unprecedented night-time parade on Saturday.