The New York Times says the Trump administration is devising a new strategy on blocking North Korea’s missiles before they get far from Korean airspace.
 
According to the U.S. daily Thursday, the White House suggested the new approach last week when it requested from Congress four billion dollars in emergency funds to tackle the North’s nuclear issue.
 
The report said the strategy entails “the stepped-up use of cyberweapons to interfere with the North’s control systems before missiles are launched, as well as drones and fighter jets to shoot them down moments after liftoff.”
  
The paper said that several officials confirmed that the disruption efforts include another, more sophisticated attempt at the kind of cyber and electronic strikes that former President Barack Obama ordered in 2014 when he intensified his efforts to cripple North Korea’s missile testing.”
 
The daily said that the new strategy also includes making further investments toward “boost-phase missile defense,” which aims to hit long-range missiles while their engines are firing and the vehicles are stressed to the breaking point and before their warheads are deployed.
 
The paper said that among other boost-phase plans, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is also considering having stealth fighters, including F-22s or F-35s, hurry from nearby bases in South Korea and Japan at the first sign of North Korean missile launch preparations.  

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