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We know very little about the weapon or its novelty itself, but the test is the last sign that Pyongyang is ready to reconnect with Washington for a more militaristic relationship if the talks continue to go wrong.
"He is moving towards a more aggressive stance in negotiations with the United States and he is saying that he is not going to yield and that he can simply go back to his old practices if (the United States) does not do not change their approach, "Josh Pollack, senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterrey, told CNN.
The North Korean state news agency, KCNA, announced the test Friday morning without providing details about the venue of the event and little information about the event. weapon itself, except that it was "tactical" and had been commissioned "personally" by Kim Jong Il's father and predecessor.
This is the first time that Kim has been publicly attending such a blatant military event since his prestigious summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump in early 2018.
"President Kim Jong Il had personally chosen and directed step by step with his special attention lent to it being finally born," says KCNA article.
"(Kim Jong Un) added that the weapon looked like a posthumous weapon and he missed Kim Jong Il a lot while seeing the great success of his test."
Despite the huge hopes of breakthrough after the international summits with Moon and Trump, little progress has been made in recent months.
Pollack said the weapon test was Pyongyang's last "veiled threat" in the United States: if progress was not achieved quickly, a more hostile relationship could be put back on the table.
"The type of weapon that it's acting on is perfectly ambiguous … but they attributed it to the National Defense Academy and they're associated with the missile program." , did he declare.
