Pentagon: Latest N. Korean Missile is New ICBM
The U.S. Defense Department says it believes the missile North Korea launched Tuesday was an intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM).
Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis described the North's Hwasong-14 as something the U.S. military hasn't seen before, and told reporters the missile contained a re-entry vehicle.
He also confirmed the missile was fired from an airfield in North Pyongan Province that has not been used as a missile launch site previously.
Davis did emphasize the U.S. has confidence in its ability to defend against what he called "the nascent threat" the missile poses.
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