U.S. Missile Defense conducts anti-ICBM system successfully

The Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test 06b Ground-Based Interceptor launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on June 22, 2014. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)On Tuesday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced it conducted a successful test of a system designed to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles. It’s the first test of the system by the U.S. in almost three years. The closely watched exercise came just a day after a North Korean missile test and weeks of a