South Korea’s military fired multiple missile systems as part of a live-fire exercise in response to North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, according to Seoul’s Joint Chief of Staff (JCS).

The “joint ground-sea-air missile” live-fire was conducted from the East Sea from 4:25 p.m., JCS said in a text message to journalists. The measure comes after the DPRK launched an ICBM from the Sunan area near Pyongyang at 2:34 p.m., with the missile reaching an altitude of more than 6,200 km and covering a range of 1,080 km, according to the South Korean military.

“Through the live fire, our military showed the immediate response and retaliatory capability and willingness” by firing one Hyunmoo-II surface-to-surface ballistic missile, one missile from the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), one Haesong-II ship-to-ground cruise missile, and two Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) air-to-ground missiles, JCS stated.

The South Korean military demonstrated that it has the “capability and preparedness to conduct a precision strike against a missile’s launch point, command and support facilities anytime should North Korea fire a missile,” JCS added, accusing Pyongyang of “clearly violating” U.N. Security Council resolutions. 

South Korea has also conducted counter-response drills in the past, including in Nov. 2017 shortly after North Korea tested an ICBM. The U.S. and ROK jointly carried out firing drills in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch in July 2017 as well.

“North Korea rejecting offers from the international community on dialogue and going through an ICBM test is a serious act of challenge against our military and the ROK-U.S. alliance, hence we strongly condemn it,” the statement reads.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in “strongly condemned” the DPRK’s ICBM test on Thursday, calling the launch a “violation” of leader Kim Jong Un’s self-imposed moratorium against long-range missile testing in place since April 2018.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command similarly condemned Pyongyang’s ballistic missile test in a statement and called for North Korea to “refrain from further destabilizing acts.”