North Korea’s Surprise ICBM Test Involved Missile That Could Reach US Mainland, Japan Says
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea confirmed that the intercontinental ballistic missile it fired Saturday was the Hwasong-15, which it said was part of a “surprise” exercise to test its war readiness with a “mobile and mighty counterattack.” The ICBM had the capacity to reach the continental United States given a normalized range of 14,000 kilometers, …