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North Korea Missile Program Progressing Faster Than Thought North Korea launched the Hwasong-14 missile test on July 4, 2017. Photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July 4, 2017 North Korea may have a working intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, able to carry a nuclear weapon by next year. Intelligence officials for the U.S. Defense Department made the estimate in a report published Tuesday. Some Republican lawmakers have voiced concerns about North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. The Washington Post reported that the estimate decreases the expected time in which North Korea would be able to produce a “reliable, nuclear-capable ICBM” program. Earlier estimates had stated that North Korea would need three years to build a working ICBM. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep, Mac Thornberry, has called for increased missile defense spending. Mac Thornberry is the Republican committee chairman of the House Armed services comm...