North Korea has claimed that it has succeeded in testing an intermediate-range ballistic missile.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said Thursday that the regime succeeded in test-firing what it called “surface-to-surface mid- to long-range strategic ballistic missile named Hwasong-10.”

A Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile is referred to as Hwasong-10.

The KCNA said the Musudan missile soared to the altitude of one-thousand-413 kilometers and precisely landed on the target area 400 kilometers away.

According to the KCNA, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched the test-firing on-site and assessed that the successful launch gives the regime with the ability to attack U.S. territories within its Pacific theater and strengthen North Korea's nuclear attack capacity.

The North launched two Musudan intermediate-range missiles from Wonsan, Gangwon Province on Wednesday morning.