The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) says it will soon test an anti-ballistic missile system amid rising tensions over North Korea’s increased missile tests.
On Tuesday, North Korea announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), claiming it could “reach anywhere in the world.”
US intelligence agencies said the missile was most likely a new ICBM with an estimated range of 5,500 kilometers (3,400 miles), capable of hitting Alaska.
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The MDA said Friday that it will test the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the coming days at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska.
THAAD “will detect, track and engage a target with a THAAD interceptor” rocket in “early July,” Chris…