Eager citizens waved flags and aged veterans stood at attention as armor rumbled through central Seoul’s concrete canyons, while a line of Apache attack helicopters whirled overhead and formations of fighter jets thundered through the clouds.

South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile that could target North Korea. It did so during an Armed Forces Day ceremony on Tuesday as the president warned that North Korea's regime will collapse if it attempts to use nuclear weapons.

President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) passes by a transporter erector launcher carrying the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile during a ceremony marking Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1, 2024, at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of the capital. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Armed Forces Day SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea showcased its largest ballistic missile for the first time as it marked Armed Forces Day in an apparent warning against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

South Korea showcased a ballistic missile capable of carrying an eight-ton warhead and featured a flypast of a U.S. bomber at military parades in Seoul on Tuesday, a show of force now held annually to signal readiness to respond to North Korean threats.

The North Korean regime must abandon the delusion that nuclear weapons will protect them,” its president said.

South Korea has unveiled its latest version of the Hyunmoo-V missile, a cutting-edge ballistic weapon designed specifically to target deeply buried bunkers and missile silos in North Korea. Despite not being equipped with a nuclear warhead,

Armed Forces Day SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea showcased its most powerful missile for the first time Tuesday as it marked Armed Forces Day in an apparent warning against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

V, regarded as the most powerful non-nuclear ballistic missile in the world. The reveal took place during a weapons exhibition ahead of the military parade celebrating the Armed Forces Foundation Day,