The joint statement said:

A spokesman for the KPA Strategic Force in a statement warned the pro-U.S. Park Geun Hye group of traitors in south Korea of its missile launch for aggression.

It is very just for the DPRK to bolster up capabilities for self-defense to protect its sovereignty.

The nuclear deterrence and powerful strategic rockets of the DPRK are not aimed at threatening the fellow countrymen in the south.

The self-defensive means of the KPA are targeting the U.S. imperialists and their puppet Park Geun Hye group.

In fear of the invincible might of the KPA the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces dare not provoke the second Korean war.

If they are so foolish as to attempt at a war, they will perish in the sea of flames. They should clearly know about this.

We vehemently denounce the Park Geun Hye group's provocative missile launch for aggression and fully support the just stand of the DPRK.