A country that is still in the midst of war, fires off a missle and there is a question about emergency preparedness?

With the amount that they spend on their military, rather then on things that would help the day to day lives of their citizens and their food shortages, it doesn't seem too surprising to me to see him have something like this done. Not just an ego thing (against the rest of the world), but a fear thing for its own citizens (we need to defend against, rise up and I will feed you to the dogs, etc).