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 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.

"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.

South Korea will hold a military parade in Seoul on Tuesday that could include, for the first time, a flypast by a U.S. B-1B supersonic bomber as neighbouring North Korea criticised the deployment of U.

Equipped with unparalleled destructive capabilities and a 600km range, the Hyunmoo-5 is designed to deter North Korea’s nuclear threats.

On Tuesday, South Korea publicly showcased its most powerful weapon, the Hyunmoo-5 missile, to mark Armed Forces Day for the first time ever. The exhibition, held at a military airfield in Seongnam, south of Seoul,

On Tuesday, to mark Armed Forces Day, South Korea publicly showcased its most powerful weapon, the Hyunmoo-5 missile, for the first time. The exhibition, held at a military airfield in Seongnam, south of Seoul,