It has a potential range of 9,320 miles.South Korea's military spoke of preparing for further launches from North Korea and told ABC News, "Our military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance in preparation for additional launches and is maintaining a full readiness posture while closely sharing information related to North Korea's ballistic missiles with the U.

North Korea launched a series of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan ahead of the U.S. presidential election — an act that Russia defended as a “legitimate” defensive procedure. At least seven missiles were fired by the Korean People’s Army on Tuesday,

North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.