So lets say they decide to nuke Hawaii to provoke the US and the icbm gets destroyed before it hits Hawai, what happens then? THmere will definitely be nuclear debris everywhere but what actions are taken then by the US?i
We would be in the clear to nuke North Korea without pissing off China.
China wants to destroy North Korea so they can claim the land for themselves. It's more profitable than trading with them.
South Korea wants the land back and this can only happen with the help of the United States.
Russia just wants their North Korean labor camps back to help cut trees.