4 Jul 2017
North Korea successfully test-launched ICBM, US officials confirm - Fox News
According to Fox News, ICBM, US officials confirmed that North Korea successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time on Tuesday.,
Key quotes (via Fox News):
- The ballistic missile flew longer than any North Korean missile test conducted by the rogue regime to date, U.S. Pacific Command said
- "The threat is much more immediate now," National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters prior to the launch. "So it's clear we can't repeat the same failed approach of the past."
- "So the president has directed us not to do that, and to prepare a range of options -- including a military option, which nobody wants to take, right?"