Originally Posted by
GeoffryHawk
Tough to say.
North Korea is significantly behind on the curve when it comes to nuclear advances, and military tech in general. Perhaps a coo is in order, the US has toppled governments before, I can't imagine with someone as stupid as Kim it wouldn't be hard. Uniting Korea would be a nightmare, but at least putting someone willing to open NK to the world in power might do some good.
IDK About how likely it is for NK to ever get an ICBM to get to America, the Pacific ocean is significantly wider than the atlantic, perhaps they could aim for hawaii but that's not a worthwhile target by any means. We haven't maintained a military presence there in a long time. And since NK has next to no naval power it's unlikely they could manage to float a missile close enough to even attempt a launch.
Really NK has been posturing for decades, their technology is 50-60s era, and their leader is basically just a little boy, if he can managed to get enough plutonium for one H-bomb I'd be impressed, but since pretty much every country has North Korea embargoed, I'd say it's pretty slim that anyone would be sliding them enriched nuclear fuel for anything. I can't imagine people are looking to smuggle anything or anyone into North Korea...though I know there are quite a few trying to get smuggled out.
We'll have to see. To avoid Nuclear war I can see China stepping in and flexing a bit of their strong arm, as North Korea becoming a nuclear target means China will most definitely be effected, as will Japan and neither of them will have anything to do with it. There's also the fact that America maintains military presence in Japan, it'd be easy to invade and remove North Korea as a threat if they do decide to give it a go. No one on the world stage would tell us not to, not if NK is serious about Nuclear armaments.
As there's one war that cannot happen, and it's the one with the Nuclear Arsenals being put to use.