The statement said:

The test-fire of new-type anti-aircraft guided weapon system, organized by the Academy of National Defence Science, was successfully conducted in the presence of Marshal Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of the DPRK.

World peace is being ensured by the DPRK which has bolstered up its military capability for self-defence.

The successful rocket test-fires until now serve as great events showing the whole world that the DPRK has become a rocket power.

When the U.S. and other hostile forces were intensifying their sanctions and pressure, the DPRK made long strides under the unfurled banner of self-development and today has proudly emerged a nuclear power and a rocket power.

We extend warm congratulations to Marshal Kim Jong Un who is further strengthening the DPRK into an invincible military power and reliably defending the world peace and stability.