US tests interceptor designed to strike down incoming ballistic missiles amid growing North Korean threats

The US has successfully tested a long-range interceptor designed to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) for the first time, the military reports.The interceptor – frequently described as a “high-speed effort to hit a bullet with another bullet” – was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.It met an ICBM fired by the US from the Marshall Islands somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.