America test-fired an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of landing a nuke virtually anywhere on earth for the second time in a week on Wednesday.
An unarmed Minuteman 3 missile, with an effective range of 8,000 miles, was launched from a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12.02am.
The missile struck a target approximately 4,200 miles away on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, military chiefs said.
The test, which took 10 months to plan, comes amid tensions between North Korea and President Trump over Kim Jong-un’s own nuclear missile program.
The launch was designed to test the accuracy and readiness of a weapon that was first developed during the Cold War but still forms the backbone of America’s nuclear threat.
It was the second such launch in seven days from the Central California coastal base. Last week’s had been delayed from the fall.
Wednesday’s test saw a single decoy warhead delivered to the target. The missile can carry up to three.
North Korea is known to possess missiles with a range of up to 930 miles, and is though to be developing a new projectile, the Taepodong-2, which has an estimated maximum range of around 3,700 miles…
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