Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea may quickly become disastrous. But America’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (GMD) is built to stop an enemy missile in its tracks.
The GMD can track, intercept and destroy long-range ballistic missiles well before they reach American soil.
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