North Korea's state media said that its latest ballistic missile test confirmed that Hawaii and Alaska are now in strike range. America's two states can now be targeted with a nuclear warhead, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
KCNA said that the "successful" test confirmed the reliability of the late-stage guidance of the nuclear warhead, which means that the reclusive state can perform a nuclear attack on more distant targets. North's leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles navigate in stages, which allows them to better account for the changes in air pressure and wind speed. This enables rockets to travel further by circumventing the limits of calculations that could be performed at the launch site.
