North Korea standing alone poses little or no threat to the United States. Our military is far superior to there’s in regards to the 3 most important fundamentals of a military; numbers, training, and technology. The only way for Korea to keep the war from looking like a repeat of the gulf war would be to escalate it into a nuclear conflict. However I feel if they did this there would be only 3 targets that would draw a nuclear attack from them. The first one being Japan, a nuclear warhead fired from N. Korea could reach a major city in Japan, this would send a major uproar across the globe, and would have America re-thinking their wartime strategy with N. Korea. The second being a tactical nuclear weapon used on American troops in the event that we are kicking there ass and they are on the brink of surrender. The third of course being a target within South Korea, more than likely a tactical attack used as a spearhead for a N. Korean offensive. Either way they would know that any such actions would constitute a full scale nuclear attack from the United States, so the likely hood of them using nuclear weapons is slim to none.
On the other hand the one thing that worries me the most about this potential conflict is a possible alliance with China. It’s a long shot, but given the fact that North Korea does have nuclear weapons, in no way would China side with the US, the risk of nuclear action from N. Korea would one that they wouldn’t take. China considers us an enemy and a war with N. Korea would be the perfect opportunity for them to attack us, it would also provide a huge boost to their economy.
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