North Korea successfully test-fired its new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile, state-run media reported Friday, with leader Kim Jong Un claiming the regime has secured an "irreversible" means of delivering nuclear weapons.

The announcement of the test of the Hwasong-19 comes amid large-scale U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers during which their aircraft have bombed mock-ups of North Korean ballistic missile launchers.

North Korea on Friday said that the new intercontinental ballistic missile fired on October 31 was ‘Hwasong-19’. The missile, after the launch, flew higher and stayed in the air for a longer duration