A new anti-ICBM defense system passed its first test.
The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system shot down an incoming missile.
The U.S. military fired an ICBM-type missile from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
A missile was fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, which intercepted and destroyed the first missile.
The Missile Defense Agency said this was the first live-fire test against a simulated ICBM.
The Missile Defense Agency called the test an “incredible accomplishment.”
In tests between 1999 and 2014, the GMD had hit only 9 of 17 targets.
North Korean missiles cannot yet reach the U.S. mainland. Now it appears they never will.
