(Express) – The US has launched a colossal intercontinental ballistic missile just minutes after North Korea fired off two of its own as tensions between the two nations remain frosty. North Korea fired two short-range missiles at 4:40 pm local time on Thursday from the Sino-ri missile base and the projectiles flew a distance of 260 and 170 miles, South Korean military officials said. Almost immediately afterward, a US Minuteman III ICBM took to the sky from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, powering a
staggering 4,200 miles across the Pacific. It was the second such launch in a month and the fourth this year. Linda Frost, Deputy, Media Operations of the Air Force Global Strike Command, told Fox News that the close timing of the US and North Korean tests were not related. She explained: “It’s important to note that our test launch is not a response or reaction to world events,” adding that launch dates are lined up three to five years in advance. READ MORE
