The US has confirmed it has shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific on Tuesday. The test was the first of its kind in nearly three years - and it was the first test ever targeting an intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing. The military says an interceptor rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California slammed into the warhead as it travelled outside the Earth's atmosphere after being launched from a test range on a Pacific atoll. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8d3p<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
