US Warship Shoots Down Test Ballistic Missile Off Hawaii
One day after the latest North Korean missile launch, which was followed by a warning in the state-owned KCNA that more Pacific launches would follow, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Pacific shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawai on Wednesday.
Destroyer USS John Paul Jones intercepts the target with an SM-6 missile. (Missile Defense Agency photo)