At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks.

The parade, which began Friday night in the rain and marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party, highlighted Kim’s growing diplomatic footing and his relentless drive to build an arsenal that could target the continental United States and his rivals in Asia.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that the parade featured a new, yet-to-be-tested intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-20, which it described as the country's “most powerful nuclear strategic weapon system.”

In a speech at the parade, Kim said his military "should continue to grow into an invincible entity that destroys all threats,” but made no direct mention of Washington or Seoul, according to comments published by KCNA.

Photos and videos from North Korean and Russian state media showed thousands of spectators packing the brightly lit square.

KCNA said the columns of soldiers who marched during the parade included “the invincible overseas operations unit that fully demonstrated the spirit of the Korean people,” suggesting they were troops Kim had sent to Russia to join the war effort against Ukraine.

The parade saw the debut of the massive Hwasong-20 mounted on an 11-axle launcher truck.

The new missile’s existence was first revealed in recent weeks as North Korea tested a new solid-fuel rocket engine that it said was intended for future ICBMs.

State media said the engine, built with carbon fiber, is more powerful than past models.

The parade took place as Kim hosted a rare group of high-level foreign officials sent to Pyongyang to attend the anniversary celebrations, including Chinese Premier Li Qiang; former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of Moscow’s Security Council; and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam.