The Pentagon plans to attack North Korean long-range missiles while on the ground -- if it can target them -- as part of its new strategy to offset anticipated shortcomings in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system caused by modernization delays, including the Next Generation Interceptor development schedule. The proposed homeland defense "underlay" architecture assumes an offensive component not previously linked to plans revealed in the fiscal year 2021 budget request to adopt Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors -- and potentially...
