US conducts missile test amid growing tensions over North Korea

The US has conducted a missile test to demonstrate its “national nuclear capabilities” amid ongoing tensions with North Korea.
Military officials said the test involved the launch of intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Minuteman 3 rocket, which was carrying a non-explosive load, travelled 4,200 miles before landing at a test range in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.
Colonel Chris Moss, Vandenberg’s 30th Space Wing comma