The Pentagon is readying a first-ever attempt to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile target -- designed to represent a threat, with countermeasures, that U.S. intelligence believes North Korea or Iran could one day field -- during a major flight test of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, an event that aims to expand the shield against a limited long-range rocket attack against the United States. The Missile Defense Agency, along with other arms of the Defense Department, is preparing a test...
