The route that Pyongyang appears to be taking instead, experts say, centers on a missile called the KN - 08, a likely Russian - derived vehicle that Western observers first spotted in North
Korean military parades about five years ago.
Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed on Kim Il - Sung square during a
military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North
Korean leader Kim Il - Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017.