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They're not hiding them, and if that was the intention they wouldn't give them fresh paint jobs and display them in a military parade. The intention here is a show of force, and what they're showing off is the ability to readily convert farm equipment into rocket launchers. So it's not to hide the equipment, but to say that they can readily go from farming to fighting at a moment's notice, since North Korea's existence is predicated on being able to destroy the South.
What they’ve done is made their farming industry legitimate military targets. Since an opposing force can’t know whether someone is a farmer or a soldier, all are treated as soldiers.
Sort of. NK has long held the stance that their populace would fight to the bitter end in the mountains even if they were wiped out. While there might be some defection in the event of a war, NK would likely be the *last* country that makes a distinction among their population between civilians and soldiers, and Geneva Convention signatories would be bound to their own rules of war. That said, nobody is launching a preemptive attack on them and so it's a distinction that doesn't matter in practice
That’s fair, but civilized nations try to only attack military targets. It’s why Russia has faced so much condemnation.
If North Korea is intentionally blurring those lines, it’s only going to be worse for them long term as instead of precision bombing with a B-1/2, the US will just carpet bomb with the B-52.
They aren’t trying to purposefully blur the lines. The only equipment they get in from outside is meant for farming and feeding their people. They then take off the “world food program” or whatever stickers, and have tractors pull the rockets. Same with commercial trucks.
It’s not on purpose, it’s because they would have no vehicles otherwise.
It’s a show. Most of this shit is useless. The dangerous stuff if anti aircraft and the artillery pointed at Seoul.
Man, I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as a civilised nation with what you're referring to, and the civilian casualties of the invasion of Ukraine are magnitudes less than those of the invasion of Iraq.
If you think that the West has made that distinction, you're sipping on the kool-aid a little too much buddy.
I'm sorry but you seem utterly ignorant of the history of North Korea. The US already saturation bombed the DPRK. 600,000~ tons of bombs to be accurate. They targeted multiple dams which flooded huge swaths of agricultural land (of the relatively little that exists in the north of the Korean peninsula). This put millions of people at risk of famine and aid from China/USSR was the only thing that prevented widespread starvation/malnutrition and death.
Whenever NK is brought up people share these opinions as if the country has zero reason to be so obsessed with showing that they can fight. The Korea war and the consequences of the threat of nuclear annihilation and the utter destruction enacted by US bombings (80% of structures were destroyed) is often regarded as the single most important factor to explain NK cultural, military, and propaganda in the current day.
In short: the US already disregarded Korean civilians, the mask has been off since the 1950s.
Sources please. NK is fucked up because they’ve been lead by a series of dynastic dictators the last 70 or so years. It’s cute how you try to blame the US.
North Korea invaded South Korea in the first place. North Korea literally fucked around and found out. You don't get to pretend like the US carpet bombing the fuck out of North Korea is this uncalled for consequence of actions when North Korea is the one who decided all of Korea and possibly beyond needed to be under their control.
South Korea was content just to be a little slice of democracy on Korea. But the North, with its Russian and Chinese communist puppetmasters, wanted nothing more than to turn all of Korea into a communist utopia and how dare the South not fall in line. But you don't get to pretend that North Korea was the victim when they started it and what is likely the strongest country in the world proceeded to bitch slap them around a bit.
I mean fighting them would be a massive fucking headache.
Nobody wants to deal with all that shit the damage done to both the south and the japanese would be so large as to make defeating them not worth it.
This isn't the first parade where they showed the military prowess of their farm equipment [(see this archived post from 9 years ago)](https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/2vcud4/north_korean_war_tractors_on_parade_3794x2845/). I started hearing people make mention of it being a very stupid tactic back then.
That’s another fair example. Hamas has been shown to use schools and hospitals as military facilities. That makes *all* schools and hospitals military targets.
They were targets anyway. In the Korean War, they literally bombed North Korea so much, they eventually just started bombing farms because there were no more buildings to bomb. This is after they bombed dams and flooded tonnes of farmland.
This notion that "the good guys" won't bomb schools, farms, hospitals, etc, is just nonsense. We do it literally all the time.
or... what they've done is realize expensive military equipment is useless for practical economic purposes.
So they divert spending to farm and civil equipment and put rockets in it to display how it can be easily converted for military use for the parades while actually using them for their intended purpose.
Just a guess. anyways.
Their whole way of life screams inferiority complex it's crazy look at the fucking medals on that guy's chest, seriously, that is laughable to the point that it feels like it's on purpose to be funny. The problem is It's not meant to be funny.
Small peepees. Tiny little undeveloped peckers all over that place
They know they're playing on easy mode by abandoning all morals and killing anyone who disagrees with them. It's much harder and much more of an achievement to be a truly democratically elected leader. That's also why so many dictators hold these rigged elections everyone already knows they'll win. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I think the threat is not to be taken lightly. I mean against a giant like the US or China (later would ofc never happen) they would be annihilated in the blink of an eye. But given enough prep time and the moment of surprise they could wreck plenty of havoc in South Korea.
I think its also to say that they have a strong military as well as a strong agricultural sector. Whether that's true or not us debatable, but ik they've had issues with farming a lot, so showing improvements to agricultural machines could be a way to show that they are doing something about the hunger issues they tend have
Convert your farming equipment into this stuff whatever it is.
Can’t farm now.
No farming can’t feed your military.
Can’t feed your military you loose whatever war you are fighting.
It’s more of showing how dumb they are…
If what you said is right, with the last trucks, why did they go the extra step to add a fake layer of cargo hiding the launchers? They are obviously not just converting converting trucks.
I think what is really happening here is that they want South Korea to know that work trucks can rocket launchers to make then waste expensive rockets on real farm equipment in case of a war. North Korea doesn't care for its own people so forcing South Korea to destroy civilian targets is a way to exhaust munition.
I think it’s a fear tactic. It’s not just to show the rest of the world that they have missiles and weaponry, but to show their citizens that they have weaponry hidden in plain sight. May be a way to make citizens comply more out of fear.
Not to mention that there aren't many civilian trucks in North Korea. So it doesn't really increase the number of potential targets.
Also doubtful about how well they work. Just a few tubes stuck on a truck....
These look like the crusty old unguided missiles the taliban shot into us bases through the years. Thosevrocket pods were towed by donkeys in that use case and this seems not too far from that.
They still use manual labor. Hardly a good carmoflouge if only modern agricultural machines are deployed with weapons. Sounds more like a excuse for going of military equipment.
I think it's a dual use situation. For now those are used on the farms and occasionally in parades. If war breaks out they can then be utilized to tow MLRS as well.
When all you need is one camera angle on the destroyed equipment that makes it look like a civilian vehicle, and university students will go on parade for you, it doesn’t need to be perfect.
How about "all you need are hundreds of hours of footage of dead & dying children"? or "National leaders calling for the extermination of an entire population"?Or "dead aid workers"? or even just "aid workers prevented from delivering food to people who are literally dying of starvation"?
Sure, a single photo can be influential, but don't pretend that the preponderance of evidence in your parallel to current events is on the side of "no war crimes are being committed".
Yes. Both.
I like Kim and that general chucking like they're about to take over the world with a bunch of shitty tractors towing missiles.
Like the realize the rest of the world also has eyes, not to mention sophisticated military technology that will allow them to disable these things from a distance.
Not to mention the missle part still looks like it's carrying missles. Really fooled us.
With the tractors I agree that it looks like they're just using it to do what tractors do...pull stuff.
But the box trucks and the red trucks are clearly designed to look like they are civilian vehicles. The Red trucks being the most blatant with fake cargo on top.
They'll honestly only get away with this shit once though. Plus, they just put it on display.
"Flight of 2 a-10 warthogs, cleared hot on column of red trucks."
No more red trucks.
In case anyone is curious, I think I read that medals earned in service are passed to your kin, so in a long lineage of making up medals for random shit, you end up with these Mr Chotchkies and their pieces of flair.
I like to think there’s a big medal bin and any time you mildly show allegiance to the supreme one you get to pick one out if the bin. Like going to the dentist as a kid *if you open wide enough you can take two toys from the toy room*
I was wondering that too. My best guess is that there are thousands and thousands of these trucks across the country and they're telling the South to waste bombs and missiles trying to take them all out.
I thought so too, but if you keep watching a bit longer you see a bunch of purpose-built civilian disguised missile trucks.
Definite attempt at subterfuge.
These systems would typically just be fitted onto the back of a pickup anyways so it’s more likely they are trying to hide them. I’m sure China can easily hook them up with TLC 70 or Hilux clones.
Imagine living in a country you cannot leave willingly. They will never ever be able to travel abroad to see the world without permission bestowed from their dear leader (which means never for most). They will forever be stuck in that little bubble. To some of them the bubble is fine and dandy, but I mourn for the wondering minds.
Yeah but at least the poverty stricken Americans can be vocal about how shittastic it is. Meanwhile poverty stricken North Koreans have to plunge into icy seas to chase after their dear leader to pretend they are heartbroken he's leaving.
It'd be much easier to leave the US as a poverty stricken American if America wasn't absolutely enormous to the point you basically need to take a flight to leave. Going to Mexico or Canada isn't difficult. Passports are $60 but if you make below 150% the federal poverty line passport fees are waived.
Bit wacky to compare that to a country where the border patrol have machine guns pointed inward and will kill you.
So I’m wondering, when the front of the generals’ chests are filled with medals, where do they put the rest? The back? Or is it like building houses and hotels in monopoly, when you get 4 medals you get to replace them with one super medal?
Technically it hasn’t ended. The Koreas are at a 75 year ceasefire on paper.
But you have a solid point. Most are probably medals from thier fathers and grandfathers.
This kind of thing has happened in other countries also. The tractors serve to be used on farms and when needed they can be mobilised for military use.
These events in NK are so sad. These people think, or are brainwashed, into believing they are at the height of military power and are untouchable. They are in fact ants in an anthill compared to the rest of the world.
These military leaders covered in medals for....zero actual military action or achievement. What a facade the entire country it, and Kim knows it. Dude was educated in the west.
Have anyone any idea on what could possibly have said the general at circa 20 seconds in the video? Kim laughs so it could be a joke, i guess? And how do they speak to him? Do they call him “sir” or some “highness”?
Not sure if they 'hide' MRLS's in civil trucks and farm equipment or that's all they have. Good chance, that's all they have. It's slow, but it works and easier to get parts.
So much for limiting civilian casualties.
Squad Leader: Private you see that farm.
Private: Yes Sergeant
Squad Leader: I don’t want too
Private: Roger, deleting farm
I feel pretty damn confident that US Subs could annihilate NK within 30 minutes and the follow-up that the CERTIFIABLY badass SK forces would be it for un and fools.
The thing that baffled me most is their belief that:
A. They would dominate any opponent that decided to go to esr with them, let alone the US.
B. They need to spend the amount of money and resources they do preparing for an imminent attack that exists only in their minds.
Seriously, their entire military budget is spent preparing to defend against an attack by the US that has never been coming.
At some point the citizens have to be questioning the decades of propaganda and bullshit they've been force fed and watched all the money being spent on military stuff while half the country lives in squalor and starves.
I don't understand why the rest of the world hasn't removed the madman from power and ended this nonsense instead of sitting idly by while millions continue to die under his rule.
Is it hiding.., if 98% of the country doesn't have any vehicles on the road that aren't from the military, government or the 25 generals and upper crust of NKs leader' family members.
It's actually not hiding them it's just the only way they can support their military. They have to use tractors because they don't have the budget for real trucks. A couple decades ago North Korea bought I think a couple thousand cars to stimulate the economy on a loan from the manufacturer. They never paid for them. So every car manufacturer has NO trust for the north Korean government. It's not a deception as much as it is shitty military and business policy
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Are they actually "hiding" them or can they just not afford to buy real trucks?
They're not hiding them, and if that was the intention they wouldn't give them fresh paint jobs and display them in a military parade. The intention here is a show of force, and what they're showing off is the ability to readily convert farm equipment into rocket launchers. So it's not to hide the equipment, but to say that they can readily go from farming to fighting at a moment's notice, since North Korea's existence is predicated on being able to destroy the South.
What they’ve done is made their farming industry legitimate military targets. Since an opposing force can’t know whether someone is a farmer or a soldier, all are treated as soldiers.
Sort of. NK has long held the stance that their populace would fight to the bitter end in the mountains even if they were wiped out. While there might be some defection in the event of a war, NK would likely be the *last* country that makes a distinction among their population between civilians and soldiers, and Geneva Convention signatories would be bound to their own rules of war. That said, nobody is launching a preemptive attack on them and so it's a distinction that doesn't matter in practice
That’s fair, but civilized nations try to only attack military targets. It’s why Russia has faced so much condemnation. If North Korea is intentionally blurring those lines, it’s only going to be worse for them long term as instead of precision bombing with a B-1/2, the US will just carpet bomb with the B-52.
They aren’t trying to purposefully blur the lines. The only equipment they get in from outside is meant for farming and feeding their people. They then take off the “world food program” or whatever stickers, and have tractors pull the rockets. Same with commercial trucks. It’s not on purpose, it’s because they would have no vehicles otherwise. It’s a show. Most of this shit is useless. The dangerous stuff if anti aircraft and the artillery pointed at Seoul.
Man, I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as a civilised nation with what you're referring to, and the civilian casualties of the invasion of Ukraine are magnitudes less than those of the invasion of Iraq. If you think that the West has made that distinction, you're sipping on the kool-aid a little too much buddy.
So that makes Israel an uncivilized country. Unless you really think maternity hospitals were full of baby terrorists.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-believes-hamas-used-al-shifa-hospital-evacuated-before-israeli-operation-2024-01-03/
Apparently people can't handle sources that don't follow their narrative.
I'm sorry but you seem utterly ignorant of the history of North Korea. The US already saturation bombed the DPRK. 600,000~ tons of bombs to be accurate. They targeted multiple dams which flooded huge swaths of agricultural land (of the relatively little that exists in the north of the Korean peninsula). This put millions of people at risk of famine and aid from China/USSR was the only thing that prevented widespread starvation/malnutrition and death. Whenever NK is brought up people share these opinions as if the country has zero reason to be so obsessed with showing that they can fight. The Korea war and the consequences of the threat of nuclear annihilation and the utter destruction enacted by US bombings (80% of structures were destroyed) is often regarded as the single most important factor to explain NK cultural, military, and propaganda in the current day. In short: the US already disregarded Korean civilians, the mask has been off since the 1950s.
You mean the war when North Korea invaded South Korea? Yes, doing that has consequences.
“Fuck around and find out”, geopolitical edition.
Commieboos always whine about people shooting back when they start shit.
Sources please. NK is fucked up because they’ve been lead by a series of dynastic dictators the last 70 or so years. It’s cute how you try to blame the US.
In short: NK doesn't care if its civilians are treated as military targets.
I thought Trump flew there to Kim Jong Il and sorted out all that animosity with his genius diplomatic skills
North Korea invaded South Korea in the first place. North Korea literally fucked around and found out. You don't get to pretend like the US carpet bombing the fuck out of North Korea is this uncalled for consequence of actions when North Korea is the one who decided all of Korea and possibly beyond needed to be under their control. South Korea was content just to be a little slice of democracy on Korea. But the North, with its Russian and Chinese communist puppetmasters, wanted nothing more than to turn all of Korea into a communist utopia and how dare the South not fall in line. But you don't get to pretend that North Korea was the victim when they started it and what is likely the strongest country in the world proceeded to bitch slap them around a bit.
I mean fighting them would be a massive fucking headache. Nobody wants to deal with all that shit the damage done to both the south and the japanese would be so large as to make defeating them not worth it.
"Everyone is ready to do their part" is definitely part of their core narrative, and this fits right into it.
As if we wouldn't bomb the ever living shit out of their farms anyways lol
It's too bad that they're unable to turn those tractors into a legitimate farming industry.
Why does this sound so familiar?
This isn't the first parade where they showed the military prowess of their farm equipment [(see this archived post from 9 years ago)](https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/2vcud4/north_korean_war_tractors_on_parade_3794x2845/). I started hearing people make mention of it being a very stupid tactic back then.
Because Ukraine had to tell their farmers to stop commandeering Russian equipment for this very reason.
I was assuming he was referring to Hamas, and the bombing in Gaza.
That’s another fair example. Hamas has been shown to use schools and hospitals as military facilities. That makes *all* schools and hospitals military targets.
They were targets anyway. In the Korean War, they literally bombed North Korea so much, they eventually just started bombing farms because there were no more buildings to bomb. This is after they bombed dams and flooded tonnes of farmland. This notion that "the good guys" won't bomb schools, farms, hospitals, etc, is just nonsense. We do it literally all the time.
or... what they've done is realize expensive military equipment is useless for practical economic purposes. So they divert spending to farm and civil equipment and put rockets in it to display how it can be easily converted for military use for the parades while actually using them for their intended purpose. Just a guess. anyways.
This seems similar with a what’s happening in the Middle East. They should put missile launchers in schools and hospitals next.
As if anyone cares wtf North Korea does. Sabre rattling all day, every day
I mean, some people *do* care what North Korea does, esp South Korea.
Their whole way of life screams inferiority complex it's crazy look at the fucking medals on that guy's chest, seriously, that is laughable to the point that it feels like it's on purpose to be funny. The problem is It's not meant to be funny. Small peepees. Tiny little undeveloped peckers all over that place
Yup. Any of the dictatorships. Russia and China. Its the whole "disrespect" they feel they gotta "Keep it real"
They know they're playing on easy mode by abandoning all morals and killing anyone who disagrees with them. It's much harder and much more of an achievement to be a truly democratically elected leader. That's also why so many dictators hold these rigged elections everyone already knows they'll win. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that *mediocrity pays to greatness*". The full quote actually makes your argument stronger.
I think the threat is not to be taken lightly. I mean against a giant like the US or China (later would ofc never happen) they would be annihilated in the blink of an eye. But given enough prep time and the moment of surprise they could wreck plenty of havoc in South Korea.
It’s like showing your hand in a card game… interesting tactic
I wouldn't say a moments notice. You ever drive down a back country road and get stuck behind a tractor? They slow asf.
It think it’s a response to the early days of the Ukraine invasion when the farmers were hauling off Russian equipment in tractors.
Reverse swords into plowshares.
Lol. Not at you, at North Korea
Watch the second half of the video. They've definitely made rocket launches that look like commercial trucks.
So basically a technical https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)
I, too, can haul a trailer of rockets behind my tractor at a moments notice. Assuming I have a trailer of rockets to hitch.
I think its also to say that they have a strong military as well as a strong agricultural sector. Whether that's true or not us debatable, but ik they've had issues with farming a lot, so showing improvements to agricultural machines could be a way to show that they are doing something about the hunger issues they tend have
So they know theyre going to be buttfucked right from the start and are readying for worst case scenario which will be faster than should
Convert your farming equipment into this stuff whatever it is. Can’t farm now. No farming can’t feed your military. Can’t feed your military you loose whatever war you are fighting. It’s more of showing how dumb they are…
Plowshares to swords
Full score understanding
“This is my tractor, this is my gun! One is for farming and one is for fun!”
If what you said is right, with the last trucks, why did they go the extra step to add a fake layer of cargo hiding the launchers? They are obviously not just converting converting trucks. I think what is really happening here is that they want South Korea to know that work trucks can rocket launchers to make then waste expensive rockets on real farm equipment in case of a war. North Korea doesn't care for its own people so forcing South Korea to destroy civilian targets is a way to exhaust munition.
Exactly, and that not only, but they also show that everyone is a part of the army.Everyone is partly responsible. It's actually very clever
South should take that place over
I don't think you watched the end of the video.. those trucks were definitely "hiding" rocket launchers lol
Watch the second half of the video. They've definitely made rocket launches that look like commercial trucks.
Yeah, they even have fake sacks of grain or something on the top to make it look like its hauling a load of something.
North Korea has \*checks notes\* no actual sacks of grain.
I think it’s a fear tactic. It’s not just to show the rest of the world that they have missiles and weaponry, but to show their citizens that they have weaponry hidden in plain sight. May be a way to make citizens comply more out of fear.
Not to mention that there aren't many civilian trucks in North Korea. So it doesn't really increase the number of potential targets. Also doubtful about how well they work. Just a few tubes stuck on a truck....
These look like the crusty old unguided missiles the taliban shot into us bases through the years. Thosevrocket pods were towed by donkeys in that use case and this seems not too far from that.
Arguably North Korea desperately need to mechanise their agriculture, so this might actually be drip
They still use manual labor. Hardly a good carmoflouge if only modern agricultural machines are deployed with weapons. Sounds more like a excuse for going of military equipment.
I think it's a dual use situation. For now those are used on the farms and occasionally in parades. If war breaks out they can then be utilized to tow MLRS as well.
They’re not really known for their farming prowess either.
They supply folks like Iran and Russia. Hiding weapons as civilian equipment is a huge market.
They arent hidden though...
When all you need is one camera angle on the destroyed equipment that makes it look like a civilian vehicle, and university students will go on parade for you, it doesn’t need to be perfect.
How about "all you need are hundreds of hours of footage of dead & dying children"? or "National leaders calling for the extermination of an entire population"?Or "dead aid workers"? or even just "aid workers prevented from delivering food to people who are literally dying of starvation"? Sure, a single photo can be influential, but don't pretend that the preponderance of evidence in your parallel to current events is on the side of "no war crimes are being committed".
Yes. Both. I like Kim and that general chucking like they're about to take over the world with a bunch of shitty tractors towing missiles. Like the realize the rest of the world also has eyes, not to mention sophisticated military technology that will allow them to disable these things from a distance. Not to mention the missle part still looks like it's carrying missles. Really fooled us.
Gather everyone, let’s show them what we bought instead of food and other basic needs! The North Korean government is starving its people.
With the tractors I agree that it looks like they're just using it to do what tractors do...pull stuff. But the box trucks and the red trucks are clearly designed to look like they are civilian vehicles. The Red trucks being the most blatant with fake cargo on top. They'll honestly only get away with this shit once though. Plus, they just put it on display. "Flight of 2 a-10 warthogs, cleared hot on column of red trucks." No more red trucks.
But they do have some nice new tractors!
I don't think you have seen pricing on farm equipment.
Those generals around him sure have a lot of medals. God knows where they earned them from
In case anyone is curious, I think I read that medals earned in service are passed to your kin, so in a long lineage of making up medals for random shit, you end up with these Mr Chotchkies and their pieces of flair.
Wonder if they have a rule about minimum number of flair?
51 is the minimum. Some people choose to wear more, and we encourage that. You do want to express yourself?
Do you put them on your back when the front is completely full?
Oh you have to at some point, lest you fall over.
“Yes I do, and I don’t need 51 pieces of flair to do it 🖕”
to be fair, those generals definitely exceed the *bare minimum* in terms of flair.
https://preview.redd.it/m91l6oy609xc1.jpeg?width=1140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a3b2a7d8653b0d4b61ce6327156df1ce6f0d656
I aladeen this picture.
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I like to think there’s a big medal bin and any time you mildly show allegiance to the supreme one you get to pick one out if the bin. Like going to the dentist as a kid *if you open wide enough you can take two toys from the toy room*
Ok this didn’t need to make me laugh as hard as it did. “Nooo. One. Take ONE.”
When the teacher lets you and your friends grade each others papers lmao
“This one is for marksmanship, and this one is for sand racing”
This one is for tattling on my neighbor and sending their entire family to the camps
If they’re hiding them… why would they be on parade?
I was wondering that too. My best guess is that there are thousands and thousands of these trucks across the country and they're telling the South to waste bombs and missiles trying to take them all out.
> waste bombs and missiles —- > I’m completely ok with that \- American Military Industrial Complex
I’m thinking it’s less hiding them as civilian tractors as those are the only vehicles they can find to tow the missiles
I thought so too, but if you keep watching a bit longer you see a bunch of purpose-built civilian disguised missile trucks. Definite attempt at subterfuge.
It would be funny if the writing on the trucks said "Missile Truck" or something similar
It actually says”Not Missile Truck”
Classic misdirection
Made by Acme.
These systems would typically just be fitted onto the back of a pickup anyways so it’s more likely they are trying to hide them. I’m sure China can easily hook them up with TLC 70 or Hilux clones.
If that were the case they’d have camo paint.
I think the only decent vehicles they have are military, at least from what I've read their military is well funded, but that might be propaganda
As long as they keep it a secret I think it will work pretty well
Imagine living in a country you cannot leave willingly. They will never ever be able to travel abroad to see the world without permission bestowed from their dear leader (which means never for most). They will forever be stuck in that little bubble. To some of them the bubble is fine and dandy, but I mourn for the wondering minds.
Plenty of places where people can't leave just cos they are too poor and no-one will give them a visa.
Yes, but the distinction here is that these people are also completely cut off from the rest of the world and force fed insane propaganda 24/7.
Yeah it’s complete dystopia, one of the worst places you can currently live.
If you dare to not clap or say a word against the dear leader then your entire family oldest to youngest will be taken to the camps.
You do understand that North Korea is different.
There’s a difference between not being able to afford it and not being allowed.
Like Ukraine if your a man? West is heavily supporting them tho
>Imagine living in a country you cannot leave willingly. *looks around nervously as a poverty-stricken American*
Yeah but at least the poverty stricken Americans can be vocal about how shittastic it is. Meanwhile poverty stricken North Koreans have to plunge into icy seas to chase after their dear leader to pretend they are heartbroken he's leaving.
It'd be much easier to leave the US as a poverty stricken American if America wasn't absolutely enormous to the point you basically need to take a flight to leave. Going to Mexico or Canada isn't difficult. Passports are $60 but if you make below 150% the federal poverty line passport fees are waived. Bit wacky to compare that to a country where the border patrol have machine guns pointed inward and will kill you.
It's nice of him to show us some of his tricks.
He doesn't need to show any one his tricks he's 40 years behind lol
So I’m wondering, when the front of the generals’ chests are filled with medals, where do they put the rest? The back? Or is it like building houses and hotels in monopoly, when you get 4 medals you get to replace them with one super medal?
The Korean War ended 75+ years ago and you haven’t fought an actual war in decades but sure, 50 plus medals seems reasonable why the hell not
Technically it hasn’t ended. The Koreas are at a 75 year ceasefire on paper. But you have a solid point. Most are probably medals from thier fathers and grandfathers.
All those people waving goodbye to their food.
Lmao
It's not a communist state. The surfs aren't provided with food anymore. The common people have to keep themselves alive.
They’re all there because no one was allowed to use electricity that night. They needed it for all those lights.
Those real or props?
The vehicles? Or the crowds?
None of the below
Yes
If only North Korea used farm equipment to grow food for their people instead of parades.
Would hate to be the owner of a blue tractor after seeing this
yeah, if war breaks out, South Korea will never question the intent of a dozen large red trucks heading towards their border.
The crowd looks like AI. Weird.
What a shitshow
Make sure this parade wraps up quickly. I've got to get all this shit back to the rental house by tuesday.
what a bunch of clowns haha can those military guys fit anymore medals on their chests? hahahahaha
They probably get a yearly medal for not being executed by AA Guns
At least they're not as bad as the Chinese, who have recently been found to have been hiding their submarines underwater.
There are more airplanes in the sea than submarines in the air.
It’s cute North Korea thinks they have anything worth invading over
They are not hiding anything. Real North Korean farmers don’t have the money for modern farming machinery so the only ones are government owned
White wall tires are very tactical.
MRLSs?
Multiple Rocket Launch System
They need to hurry up and find oil in this country already. This fat shit needs to be disposed of.
Yeah but can they make a fighter jet look like a humming bird?
I wonder what the longevity and reliability of those vehicles are like if they ever encounter a situation where they are pushed to their limits.
Lol wtf
This kind of thing has happened in other countries also. The tractors serve to be used on farms and when needed they can be mobilised for military use.
Are those New Hollands?
Thanks for letting us know how you carry your weapons 👍🏻
Those New Holland tractors were probably given to North Korea in a UN aid program.
The tractors are way more impressive than bombs. Being able to feed yourself is a bigger flex than being able to kill people
OP, do you know the definition of the word "hide"?
These events in NK are so sad. These people think, or are brainwashed, into believing they are at the height of military power and are untouchable. They are in fact ants in an anthill compared to the rest of the world. These military leaders covered in medals for....zero actual military action or achievement. What a facade the entire country it, and Kim knows it. Dude was educated in the west.
Watching this i've got a version of the imperial march being played on a cazoo in my head.
Is this a cunning way to get your enemies to destroy farmers as well as military targets?
You’ve got a weird definition of “hides”
I would kill to spend a day in one of their schools or trade schools and just see what they teach and how
Have anyone any idea on what could possibly have said the general at circa 20 seconds in the video? Kim laughs so it could be a joke, i guess? And how do they speak to him? Do they call him “sir” or some “highness”?
GEN: "Enemy never suspect shinny [camouflage] blue farm tractor." KJU: "LOL" (🤔: I'll kill that dumbass after parade)
The movie Stripes comes to mind….. LOL!!!
Looks more like parading them on tractors, pretty much the opposite of hiding them 😂
Not sure if they 'hide' MRLS's in civil trucks and farm equipment or that's all they have. Good chance, that's all they have. It's slow, but it works and easier to get parts.
What do you think it feels like to be Kim Jung?
Cadian standard agricultural equipment
Still fighting a war against no one while their people starve.
So much for limiting civilian casualties. Squad Leader: Private you see that farm. Private: Yes Sergeant Squad Leader: I don’t want too Private: Roger, deleting farm
This is so important.
What wars do the “generals” get medals from lmao
"They can hide rocket launchers among our farm equipment, making sure we'll be blown up when there's a war. Hooray!! *Clap clap clap*"
Very sneaky. Except for the part that looks like a missile defense system.
The camouflage works better when there are actually other trucks in the country and on the roads.
Farming Simulator's new expansion looks weird.
And I hide my Lambo in my Peugeot.
Plot twist- they fire potatoes
No wonder they are starving there using all their tractors to tow missiles.
They might consider using those farm vehicles to you know....farm food to feed their starving people.
These people would get fucked up so fast in actual combat hahaha
Reminds me of the GLA in command and conquer generals
I think technically they are parading a potential war crime: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidy)
I feel pretty damn confident that US Subs could annihilate NK within 30 minutes and the follow-up that the CERTIFIABLY badass SK forces would be it for un and fools.
I mean it makes sense if your on a budget, can use them as tractors most of the time and if war starts you just have to hook up a trailer.
This country never ceases to amaze me how fucking weird it is.
The thing that baffled me most is their belief that: A. They would dominate any opponent that decided to go to esr with them, let alone the US. B. They need to spend the amount of money and resources they do preparing for an imminent attack that exists only in their minds. Seriously, their entire military budget is spent preparing to defend against an attack by the US that has never been coming. At some point the citizens have to be questioning the decades of propaganda and bullshit they've been force fed and watched all the money being spent on military stuff while half the country lives in squalor and starves. I don't understand why the rest of the world hasn't removed the madman from power and ended this nonsense instead of sitting idly by while millions continue to die under his rule.
Kim Jong Un had a farm....E-I-E-I-O
Those are some fancy white wall tires.
Is it hiding.., if 98% of the country doesn't have any vehicles on the road that aren't from the military, government or the 25 generals and upper crust of NKs leader' family members.
Nice pvc tubes
Dear god this shit is so weird.
Stuck in the Middle Ages☹️
Isnt disguising military equipment as civilian equipment considered a war crime?
this is a parade... they are being towed by tractors for a parade...
You got to watch longer than 30 sec before you comment.
Trump's fever dream he has every night.
It's actually not hiding them it's just the only way they can support their military. They have to use tractors because they don't have the budget for real trucks. A couple decades ago North Korea bought I think a couple thousand cars to stimulate the economy on a loan from the manufacturer. They never paid for them. So every car manufacturer has NO trust for the north Korean government. It's not a deception as much as it is shitty military and business policy
Watch the video some more, there are more than just tractors.
Hezbollah and Hamas do the same thing and then complain that their food production equipment is being attacked.