The North Korea crisis coincided, oddly, with the final negotiations at the UN on a draft treaty for a global ban on nuclear weapons
ICBM
"That range would not be enough to reach the lower 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but would allow it to reach all of Alaska"
The exercise marked a significant step for the GMD system, which has had a checkered record in previous tests
New missile? It flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude
If successful it might be able to reach California