Threat from the DPRK (North Korea)

[Kinser79]

The DPRK is not a real threat to the US per se, rather it is an existential threat to one and maybe two US allies (ROK obviously, and Japan). That being said any war between them and a US/ROK/Japan coalition will result in an absolute victory for the US unless China decides to back the DPRK. There is very little evidence that the PRC wants to fight the US, they buy far too much rice from us and few other places have the surpluses we do.