North Korea slammed the U.S. for testing a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week, threatening “military counteraction” in response.

In an article published Friday by state media, an unnamed “military commentator” singled out the attendance of South Korean officials at the test launch in California, stating this demonstrated the allies’ intention to use the nuclear-capable weapon against the DPRK.

“The DPRK’s military counteraction stand to respond to the nukes in kind is immutable, irrespective of whether the U.S. targets the DPRK with strategic nuclear weapons or deploys tactical nukes,” the article stated.

“The launch came to failure, but