North Korea showed off its new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade, state-run media reported touting it as the North's "most powerful nuclear strategic weapon."  Reality is questionable.

     The parade, held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, was attended by foreign dignitaries including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam and Russian ex-President Dmitry Medvedev, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.  

     The event marked the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and highlighted the North's recent diplomatic outreach efforts as well as its growing military strength.  After a fireworks show and 21-gun salute, thousands of marching troops paraded past the grandstand, followed by a procession of military hardware, according to KCNA. "The spectators broke into the most enthusiastic cheers when the column of Hwasongpho-20 ICBMs, the most powerful nuclear strategic weapon system of the DPRK, entered the square," the KCNA report said.

     The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the official name of North Korea.  Also on display were medium- and long-range strategic missiles, drone launch vehicles, Chonma-20 battle tanks, 155mm howitzers and 600mm multiple rocket launchers, KCNA said.