Breaking Defense:

The 2022 Missile Defense Review (MDR) got it right by characterizing the North Korean missile threat as “increasing in scale and complexity.” In fact, North Korea’s Strategic Force is having a banner year, with at least 67 ballistic missile launches in 2022, 29 in November alone.

In the midst of this strategic challenge, it’s appropriate to review how, as the MDR puts it, “the United States will continue to stay ahead of North Korean missile threats to the homeland through a comprehensive missile defeat approach.” Our nation needs both a generational modernization of its defensive interceptors and a relook at our capacity to deal with an ever increasing threat.

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