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 ... ... on the Korean Peninsula today), there is much about it that defies the traditional definition. The defence systems, notably BMD, while protecting one side, diminish the deterrent potential of the other. Given a high-quality BMD, there may be a temptation ...