North Korea on Friday confirmed that a missile it test-fired a day earlier was a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-19, according to its state-run media, Paralel.Az reports citing Kyodo news.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "expressed great satisfaction" at the successful test-firing of the new ICBM, the Korean Central News Agency said, calling it the "ultimate version" of an ICBM. The projectile was fired Thursday morning toward the Sea of Japan on a lofted trajectory, marking the longest-ever flight time for a North Korean ballistic missile of 86 minutes, according to the Japanese government. It fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.

KCNA said the missile reached a maximum altitude of 7,687.5 kilometers and flew a distance of 1,001.2 km for 5,156 seconds before landing on the preset area.

"The test of the latest strategic weapon system updated the recent records of the strategic missile capability of the DPRK and demonstrated the modernity and creditability of its world's most powerful strategic deterrent," KCNA said, referring to the acronym for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.