US shoots down first IRBM using THAAD amid N Korea tension
The US on Tuesday successfully shot down its first-ever intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) using THAAD missile defence system in a test over the Pacific Ocean. The IRBM was designed to resemble missiles that could threaten the US. This comes after North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile capable of "reaching anywhere in the world".