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.

In a grand display of military power, South Korea recently unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile to date, the Hyunmoo-5. The presentation took place during the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at a military ceremony near Seoul.

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)

President Yoon Suk Yeol warns of 'resolute and overwhelming' retaliation from the South Korea-US alliance if North Korea uses nuclear weapons, urging Pyongyang to abandon nuclear ambitions. The remarks came during South Korea's Armed Forces Day ceremony amidst heightened tensions and recent North Korean missile tests.

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

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.

"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance," President Yoon Suk Yeol said.

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