North Korea Says It’s Tested an ICBM. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal

North Korea claimed Tuesday to have successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, a development which if true represents a significant advance in the hermit kingdom's missile program.

State media said North Korea was now "a full-fledged nuclear power that has been possessed of the most powerful inter-continental ballistic rocket capable of hitting any part of the world," the BBC reported.