The U.S. has conducted a flight test of a conventional ground-launched cruise missile, the Defense Department said Monday. The Pentagon successfully carried out the test at San Nicolas Island, California, the department said in a statement. The missile was launched Sunday at 2:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time (2130 GMT) and comes shortly after Washington left the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty earlier this month. Under the treaty, such missile launches ...