Breaking news out of the Pentagon where we’re seeing reports that the U.S.A.F. successfully intercepted and destroyed a test ICBM over the Pacific Ocean:
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it successfully shot down an ICBM with the Ground Based Midcourse Defense interceptor
— Marcus Weisgerber (@MarcusReports) May 30, 2017
Video here (with the intercept at about the 1:10 mark):
JUST IN: U.S. interceptor missile successfully intercepts test ICBM fired from the Marshall Islands, Pentagon says: https://t.co/LhXH4mIDWD pic.twitter.com/Dx7QJlPWBv
— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 30, 2017
From the Air Force:
MDA successfully intercepts ICBM target pic.twitter.com/Vqws6Dj93H
— Amanda Macias (@amanda_m_macias) May 30, 2017
The interceptor was fired from Vandenberg AFB in California while the test ICBM was fired from the Marshall Islands:
U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully intercepted ICBM in 1st of kind test. Missile from CA intercepts target fired from Marshall Islands
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) May 30, 2017
U.S. Air Force base in Central California is preparing an unprecedented missile launch to simulate a N. Korean ICBM https://t.co/rlSraBUeyh pic.twitter.com/92jGz0AQXq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 30, 2017
Your move, Kim Jong-un.
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