The US has tested a medium-range cruise missile weeks after pulling out of a key treaty with Russia that banned such nuclear-capable weapons.
The Pentagon said it successfully launched the missile off the coast of California on Sunday.
Moscow accused the US of «escalating military tensions».
The US withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on 2 August after accusing Russia of violating it – a claim Moscow denies. Analysts fear the collapse of the INF could spark a new arms race.
The Cold War-era treaty banned missiles with ranges of 500-5,500 km (310-3,400 miles). The Pentagon said the missile, launched from the US-Navy controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles, was «conventionally configured», meaning not nuclear-equipped.
«The test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted its target after more than 500km (310 miles) of flight,» the US defence department said in a statement. «Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense’s development of future intermediate-range capabilities.»