What is the significance of the timing of this? reporter: well, we just a couple days ago had the most important holiday on the north korean calendar. april 15 was the day of the sun. celebrates the birthday of north korea s founder kim il sung who ruled for half a century. that holiday is marked by huge celebrations across north korea and on certain milestone holidays they tend to do things like a missile launch, a provocative event, to have a propaganda win on the home front domestically and send a message to the international community. this happens to be the 110th anniversary of kim il sung s birthday. so could this test be some sort of not only a weapons test but also to announce to the north koreans that their dictator remains strong, remains powerful, and remains firmly standing up against their arch enemy the united states? certainly a propaganda benefit due to the timing as well. right. if you re just tuning in, breaking news north korea claiming it s test fired a new