ISTANBUL China on Thursday defended its first test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in decades, with the rocket falling into the Pacific Ocean earlier on Wednesday. The country's Defense Ministry said the launch of missile was "fully legitimate" and "reasonable," state media reported. China's Rocket Force had test-fired an ICBM into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday at 8.44 a.m. (0044GMT), carrying out the trial with a dummy warhead, according to the ministry. The missile