North Korea Says it Tested ICBM
The move would mark a dramatic improvement in Pyongyang’s military capabilities.
Updated at 1:55 a.m. ET
North Korea says the missile it tested earlier Tuesday was its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a claim that would put the continental United States within its range.
North Korea is “a full-fledged nuclear power that has been possessed of the most powerful inter-continental ballistic rocket capable of hitting any part of the world,” a North Korean television announcement said.
The announcement said the Hwasong-14 missile reached an altitude of 2,802 kilometers (1,731 miles) and traveled 933 kilometers for 39 minutes before hitting a target in the
