N Korea test-fires ballistic missile, going 4,500 km high
North Korea on Wednesday test-fired its highest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reaching an altitude of around 4,500 km, over 10 times higher than the orbit of NASA's International Space Station, before landing off Japan's coast. The test which is North Korea's 20th ballistic missile launch this year demonstrates it "can threaten everywhere in the world", the US has said.