The test was personally attended by the head of state Kim Jong Eun. According to Yonhap, the strategic forces of the Korean People's Army.

It is they who are responsible for striking the US strategic bases in the Pacific for unforeseen circumstances with a strategic ballistic missile of the medium-long range of Hwaseon-12,.

Recall, the North Korean missile flew over the territory of Japan and was not shot down, having completed its flight in the Pacific Ocean at 1180 kilometers east of the island of Hokkaido.

As reported URA-Inform, US President Donald Trump warned that he was considering "all options" of action after North Korea launched a missile in the direction of Japan. According to Trump, "threats and destabilizing actions" on the part of the DPRK only increase the isolation of Pyongyang. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after this promised to take "everything necessary" in order to protect the citizens of Japan.