South Korea’s new Intermediate-Term National Defense Plan (ITNDP) includes a call to realize a new missile defense system, modeled roughly on Israel’s well-known Iron Dome system. 

Unlike existing systems in South Korea — which specialize in interception short-range and medium-range-class ballistic missile targets — this new system, like the Iron Dome, would be optimized for small-diameter guided rockets and missiles. 

With regard to North Korea, this would primarily include systems like the 300-millimeter (11.8-inch) KN09 (KN-SS-9) multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) and the 240-millimeter (9.4 inch) KN16 MLRS. Both systems have been widely used in recent