US military test-fires missile capable of carrying a nuke around the world for the second time in a week amid tensions with North Korea
America test-fired an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of landing a nuke virtually anywhere on earth for the second time in a week on Wednesday.
An unarmed Minuteman 3 missile, with an effective range of 8,000 miles, was launched from a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12.02am.
The missile struck a target approximately 4,200
The test, which took 10 months to plan, comes amid tensions between North Korea and President Trump over Kim Jong-un's own nuclear missile program.
The launch was designed to test the accuracy and readiness of a weapon that was first developed during the Cold War but still forms the backbone of America's nuclear threat.
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