North Korea's military equipment looks as if it could belong to a 1970s Soviet army — but the country's massive forces could still prove formidable.
The country's missile development and huge stocks of artillery are particularly threatening to South Korea and the rest of the world.
The US Pentagon's most recent report on the state of the North Korean military sizes up the country's ground forces, navy, and air force.
It's one of the world's most secretive countries, so the information largely comes from other sources. But the state's propaganda efforts mean there are plenty of pictures of the country's colossal military capacity.
The largest part of the military is the Korean People's Army Ground Force, which includes about 1 million active personnel and millions more civilians who are effectively reservists.
North Korea's ground forces are numerous but equipped mostly with out-of-date Soviet-era small arms, or copies produced by North Korea or China.
The air force has some semi-modern fighter jets, like the MiG-29, which was built in the later years of the Soviet Union, but most of its air force is made up of "less capable" jets and even biplanes.
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