Blair said North Korea is using its upcoming space launch as a cover for its intercontinental ballistic missile program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"I think that North Korea is attempting to demonstrate an ICBM [i.e.,intercontinental ballistic missile capability through a space launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Secretary Gates said the U.S.intelligence community believes that Iran has been slower to develop its intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities than previously thought.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The national security and commercial implications of this decision have been exacerbated, however, by two other, seemingly unrelated actions: President Obama's decision to stop producing long-range missile defense interceptors and to defer indefinitely any replacement of our aging nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile force.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Farewell to space

The US has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test scheduled for next week, defence officials say.

BBC: North Korea tension prompts US missile test delay

The move accentuates new worries North Korea has accelerated progress in its intercontinental ballistic missile program.

WSJ: U.S. to Boost Missile Defenses in Response to North Korea