Mar 31,2015 National Commentaries A US Perspective "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula" From Political Taboo to Strategic Hedge: A US Perspective on Ballistic Missile Defense Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is both expensive and largely unproven;1 so on what basis might we judge its value? This article offers a US perspective about the utility of BMD in support of […] Van Jackson Asymmetry , ROK-US Alliance , strategic hedge , THAAD