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 in the rain Friday night at Pyongyang's main square 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 Korean state media said Saturday that the parade featured a new, yet-to-be-tested ICBM called the Hwasong-20, which it described as the country's "most powerful nuclear strategic weapon system." Joined by high-level Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian officials at a podium, Kim said in a speech that his military "should continue to grow into an invincible entity that destroys all threats," but made no direct mention of the United States or South Korea.

 He also praised the thousands of North Korean soldiers he sent to Russia to join its war against Ukraine, saying they displayed "heroic fighting spirit" and "ideological and spiritual perfection" in a battle for "international justice and genuine peace." Edited footage from North Korean state television showed what appeared to be tens of thousands of spectators packed into the brightly lit square, cheering and waving the national flag as columns of goose-stepping soldiers and missile-mounted vehicles rolled through the rain-soaked streets. The soldiers included troops Kim had sent to Russia, who marched under North Korean and Russian flags as state media hailed them as "invincible" warriors.

 The Hwasong-20 is the latest addition to Kim's growing list of ICBMs.