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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/north_korea_ICBM.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US, North Korea Tensions Rise After Missile Test Threat' data-article-id='2133'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13271'>North Korea says it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time and from anywhere it wants to.</span> <span data-start-time='13271' data-end-time='22229'>The North Korean state news agency KCNA made the announcement on Sunday.</span> <span data-start-time='22229' data-end-time='36917'>American Secretary of Defense Ash Carter reacted by stating that an ICBM launch would be a “serious threat” to the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='36917' data-end-time='50000'>He said the U.S. military would shoot down the missile if it crossed into the territory of the U.S. or its allies.</span> <span data-start-time='50000' data-end-time='53792'>Carter spoke on NBC television.</span> <span data-start-time='53792' data-end-time='56521'>If it were threatening to us, yes.</span> <span data-start-time='56521' data-end-time='60938'>That is, if it's predicted impact or one of our friends or allies, yes, we would shoot it down.</span> <span data-start-time='60938' data-end-time='72479'>He said the U.S. military has strengthened its missile defenses and deployed them in South Korea, Japan and Guam.</span> <span data-start-time='72479' data-end-time='83104'>North Korea did not say for sure that it will carry out an ICBM test in the near future. </span> <span data-start-time='83104' data-end-time='95396'>But the statements could suggest the two sides are getting ready for a new relationship when Donald Trump becomes U.S. president.</span> <span data-start-time='95396' data-end-time='99958'>He will take office on January 20.</span> <span data-start-time='99958' data-end-time='114854'>In a New Year’s message, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that his country had reached the “final stages” of ICBM development.</span> <span data-start-time='114854' data-end-time='129646'>Two days later, Trump tweeted that the possibility of North Korea developing a nuclear weapon that can reach the U.S. “won’t happen!”</span> <span data-start-time='129646' data-end-time='143479'>A North Korean Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that his government has the right to test missiles whenever it sees fit.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/hold_a_press_conference.m4a'><span>hold a press conference</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/make_a_statement_on_twitter.m4a'><span>make a statement on twitter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/send_missiles_to_another_country.m4a'><span>send missiles to another country</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/intention_to_take_hostile_action.m4a'><span>intention to take hostile action</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7909 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/what_is_north_korea_testing.m4a'>What is North Korea testing?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='missiles'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/television.m4a'><span>television</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/defense.m4a'><span>defense</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/allies.m4a'><span>allies</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/missiles.m4a'><span>missiles</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7910 data-hint-location='99958' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1615/north_korea_has_reached__blank__of_missile_development.m4a'>North Korea has reached <span class='blank'>final stages</span> of missile development.</div><div 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