NK News quoted official media as saying that North Korea announced that the missile it launched Thursday morning was a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile.
North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un watched the launch with his daughter.
Pyongyang considered the missile launch as a response to the military exercises between the United States and South Korea.
She stressed that the missile test is a “message to warn the enemies” and will not have any negative impact on the safety of neighboring countries.
This week, North Korea also tested, on Sunday, two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine.
The term strategic is often used to describe nuclear weapons.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, the launch tested the offensive operations of the submarine units that form part of North Korea’s nuclear deterrence.
And the Korean Central News Agency reported that a submarine of the “Yongjong” class fired the two missiles in the waters off the eastern coast of Korea in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The agency added that the two missiles traveled about 1,500 kilometers before hitting a target in the sea.
