 North Korea's state-run television on Dec. 19 aired a video footage of the state's newest Wasang-18 ICBM being launched, the isolated country said the test launch was conducted on Monday, Dec. 18, to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear force against mounting U.S. hostility, as Washington and its allies began operating a real-time missile data-sharing system. North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong-un watched Monday's launch of the Wasang-18 intercontinental ballistic missileat. A sight east of the capital, Pyongyang. The missile reached an altitude of 6,518 kilometers, flying 1,002 kilometers and accurately hitting the intended target, an empty patch of sea, state media said South Korea and Japan said that based on Monday's flight data, the North had fired an ICBM with the range to hit anywhere in the United States. The launch was condemned by South Korea, Japan and the United States as a flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.