Might wanna check how many soldiers they have and tanks,planes.. fleet, most subs in the world, and allied with 2 of the biggest military nations..
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Might wanna check how many soldiers they have and tanks,planes.. fleet, most subs in the world, and allied with 2 of the biggest military nations..
Yes, but their troops suffer from malnourishment, their planes are from the Vietnam era, their subs can't reach Japan and are not even a match for America's navy circa 1985, their tanks are poorly maintained (and they don't have the fuel to operate them), they lack the logistical support to send their army any farther than right across the border... need I go on?
Also, their "alliance" with Russia and China only goes as far as their usefulness to the same. Neither China nor Russia will follow them. As one of my students' parents (a PLA Flag Officer) stated about two years back, "North Korea is the dog. We hold the leash. The reverse is not true."
North Korea's only major card (since I do not truly believe they have a nuclear weapon capable of reaching its target including re-entry and even if I'm wrong, they are aware their country's size would prevent them from surviving a retaliatory strike anywhere in the megaton range) is their artillery pointed at Seoul, and they have protected that card by putting Russian S-300 AA batteries amid their artillery, meaning it would cost us some fighters to annihilate them (and in doing so, annihilate most of their army along with it). They do not have the power to stop us from rolling over them: only to pop one or two of our tires if we do. Right now, their Chinese masters (because do not kid yourself; NoKo is ruled from Beijing, not Pyongyang) are trying to figure out how much they can get away with before America decides killing the snake is worth a popped tire or two.
And by making it difficult for them to guess that, Trump's apparent irrationality is actually INCREASING America's leverage insofar as it is forcing Beijing (or, as it is meant to appear, Pyongyang) to err on the side of caution.