Have Rockets, Will Quarrel

... safe for the facilities that are being protected, but the real aim is probably to “close” the gap in the layered missile defence between the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Patriot. Reuters The difficulty of using kinetic interceptors ... ... covering the U.S. strategic aviation airfield on the island. Potentially, the island is within striking distance of Korean Musadan MRBMs, and THAAD, along with Aegis-carrying ships, is the only asset that has a chance of intercepting these missiles. ...