{"id":324646,"date":"2017-09-05T05:29:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T04:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/after-north-korea-launch-us-successfully-tests-missile-interceptor\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T05:29:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T04:29:22","slug":"after-north-korea-launch-us-successfully-tests-missile-interceptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/after-north-korea-launch-us-successfully-tests-missile-interceptor\/","title":{"rendered":"After North Korea launch, US successfully tests missile interceptor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully shot down a ballistic missile target during a test off the Hawaiian coast, the US government said. The test comes a day after Pyongyang test-launched a ballistic missile over Japan. <\/p>\n

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SM-6 interceptors fired from the destroyer USS John Paul Jones<\/em> brought down a medium-range ballistic missile target, the MDA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>John Paul Jones detected and tracked a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii with its onboard AN\/SPY-1 radar, and onboard SM-6 missiles executed the intercept,\u201d<\/em> the MDA said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The previous test in June involved the John Paul Jones<\/em> firing SM-3 missiles at a ballistic target, and was not successful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0US Navy missile defense test fails off Hawaii<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue developing ballistic missile defense technologies to stay ahead of the threat as it evolves,\u201d<\/em> MDA director Sam Greaves said.<\/p>\n

Early on Tuesday, North Korea carried out a test which saw a ballistic missile fly over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and land in the Pacific Ocean after flying more than 2,700 kilometers (1700 miles).<\/p>\n

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The operation has attracted widespread international condemnation. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a statement calling the launch \u201coutrageous\u201d<\/em> and adding that it \u201cconstituted a threat not only to the region but to all United Nations Member States.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

While Tokyo said the North Korean test was \u201can unprecedented, serious and grave threat\u201d<\/em> to the Japanese nation, Pyongyang described it as \u201ca meaningful prelude to containing Guam Island,\u201d<\/em> as well as \u201cdecisive countermeasures against joint military exercises,\u201d<\/em> referring to the US base in Micronesia and the joint US-South Korea drills respectively.<\/p>\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s earlier threats to \u201ccontain Guam\u201d<\/em> by striking areas around the US territory prompted a belligerent response from Donald Trump, who promised \u201cfire and fury like the world has never seen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Japanese and South Korean leaders, Shinzo Abe and Moon Jae-in, shared their concerns over Pyongyang\u2019s action, slamming it as \u201coutrageous.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Tokyo & Seoul seek \u2018maximum pressure\u2019 after UNSC condemns Pyongyang\u2019s \u2018outrageous\u2019 missile test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Japan is worried over the US refusing to share the powerful SPY-6 radar, which would help counter North\u2019s missile advances, Reuters reported citing three unnamed sources familiar with the discussion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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