The U.S. Missile Defense Agency reported this week that it had successfully shot down a missile in a defensive test in the Pacific.
The USS John Paul Jones detected and tracked a missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, using an onboard radar before firing SM-6 missiles for the interception, USA Today reports.
This test marks the second successful missile interception using the SM-6 model, marking a "key milestone" by Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves.
Greaves went on to say, "We will continue developing ballistic missile defense technologies to stay ahead of the threat as it evolves."
The interception test comes after North Korea fired a missile from the capital of Pyongyang, a test that shocked the world as the missile flew over Japan before falling into the Pacific on Tuesday. The missile reportedly traveled around 1,677 miles and reached a maximum height of 341 miles as it passed over the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido.
The Trump administration responded by stating that "all options are on the table.
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