North Korea claims intercontinental ballistic missile test successful

UNDATED: (FILE PHOTO) An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile Defense Agency is expected to conduct a developmental flight test October 14, 2002, including a planned intercept of long-range ballistic missile target in support of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) test program. Interceptor will launch from Ronald Reagan Missile Test Facility at Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands. (Photo by USAF/Getty Images)North Korea claims to have conducted its first successful test of a long-range missile that it says can “reach anywhere in the world.” The missile reached a height of 2,802 kilometers (1,741 miles), according to state broadcaster Korea Central Television (KCTV). However, the US and Russia said the missile had a medium range and presented […]

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