North Korea has also ramped up missile tests as negotiations between South Korea and the US to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) have progressed. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo said last month that THAAD is expected to be fully deployed by the end of 2017. The simplest way to bypass a missile defense system is to just launch more missiles than it can effectively intercept, says Jeffrey Lewis, director of the US-based East Asia Nonproliferation Program. "Launching them simultaneously is more difficult for a missile defense system," he says. Monday's test involved three missiles, compared to just one test-fired on Kim Jong Un's birthday in April. If those ...
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