Another North Korean tactic was to salvo launch more than two missiles simultaneously.
North Korea’s series of ballistic missile launches that began in 2016 aren’t only intended to strike fear into South Korea and the United States, but are also dress rehearsals for tactics that can evade the U. S. THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) system and the MIM-104 Patriot a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) , the think tank of the U. S. Congress, said in a report that North Korea launched some ballistic missiles last year that sought to avoid interception by being boosted to very high altitudes.
As a result, a missile warhead will descend at a steeper angle and at a much faster speed, “making it potentially more difficult to intercept with a missile defense system.”
Another North Korean tactic was to salvo launch more than two missiles simultaneously.
“North Korea has also demonstrated an ability to launch a salvo attack with more than one missile launched in relatively short order.
