Being a country that still has a mandatory military service period enforced on all of its populace; North Korea is certainly different in nature from South Korea and even the United States. According to North Korean legislation every citizen of the country is supposed to serve at least five years in the Korean People’s Army (KPA).

Looking at the country’s past we can surely say that they have never acted in aversion when it comes to warfare. Having an aggressive military focused point of view about all their national and international matters, North Korea has been in the line of fire more than once. It appears from the steps taken by their leadership in the past seven years, since their first nuclear experiment in 2006 that they won’t hold back when it comes to the time of showdown.

The tension between North and South Korea has always been armed, and similar, if not worse are their sentiments towards America. It was made certain by their recent experiments that Kim Jong Un is not willing to show any signs of flexibility, when it comes to nuclear power retention.

As a direct consequence of their 3rd nuclear test, the international community spearheaded by the US vowed to strengthen sanctions on the problem child to the maximum levels. North Korea has reacted as expected by announcing that they are now practically working towards an actual attack on the US -something that has been termed as impractical by all the leading war analysts.

But is that the real question at hand? Instead of asking whether North Korea can wage a war against the United States of America, the question we should be worrying about is; if they will. Based on their past, the answer is fairly evident yet dangerously unsettling!

North Korea has more than 1.1million of active army personnel making it the 5th largest army of the world; an even more alarming statistic is their reserve personnel count of 8.2million -world’s largest! As unbelievable as it may seem, it is true that they honestly believe that military is their sole way of survival. Putting as much as 25 percent of its GDP into the development and maintenance of army, North Korea is steadying itself as much as it can for the looming war. Since the strength of the country in terms of capabilities has been restricted due to a long standing embargo, they have developed other mediums to make up for the lack of technology like stealth based semi-submersible infiltration crafts or huge air lifters.

When it comes to facing a super power like America, one should obviously think twice. The deciding factor in the actual war, if there is one, would be resources. Looking at it from a more practical approach, North Korea doesn’t even have missiles to cover up enough area in the US if it comes to a direct assault -something N. Korea denies. Yes, they have enough ammo to sustain a battle lasting for a hundred days, but I don’t think they have enough defenses to withstand an assault from America.

Lets just hope that their recent threat turns out to be another one of their well versed tactics to trigger dialogue on flexible terms - for their own sake and the world’s. The first two world wars have given us enough loses to grieve upon that I don’t think this planet would survive another one.

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Relations between United States and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, have climbed from one step to another since the era of the Korean War. Support of the US to South Korea in the War left a mark on the hearts of North Korean people that has never been lifted. In fact, the hostility reached a burning point earlier when North Korea threatened its ‘‘aggressors’’ including United States with a preemptive NUCLEAR STRIKE to defend its mainland and warned United Nations “not to make another big blunder”. This happened soon after the United Nations voted for tougher sanctions against North Korea in response to its last month nuclear test.

North Korean leadership has always adopted an aggressive stance against its enemies. Korea has threatened its adversaries several times in the past to evade or delay any sanctions. The latest intimidation of a nuclear strike demonstrates a similar response by North Korea when earlier U.S. and China voted for intensified sanctions against Korea in the United Nations. The proposal of latest sanctions intends to impede Korean régime in its nuclear program bringing to a halt. But the result of these sanctions may be contradictory to what has been aimed to achieve in the form of an amplified retaliation by North Korea.

Nuclear history of both nations date back decades. The US positioned its nukes in South Korea to maintain regional deterrence in 1958. The oppressed North Korea sought help from both Russia and China in assistance to develop nuclear weapons but faced refusal. Therefore retorted by front line deployment of its conventional forces and constructing massive underground strongholds against a possible US attack. But North Korea never backed out of its supreme goal of developing nuclear arms conducting its first successful test in 2006.

North Korea has always perceived the presence of United States on the South Korean soil as a threat to its national security. U.S. has been constantly backing South Korea since the division of the Peninsula. Constant accusations have been made by the North Korea against U.S. and South Korea for their heightened military activities. On the other side, alliance of North Korea with communist Soviet Union and China later followed by development of Nuclear Weapons have restrained U.S. from developing cordial relations with North Korea. U.S. also implemented economic sanctions against North Korea from 1950 lasting in 2008.

Leadership of Korea has always adopted military oriented policies. Most of the development reserves are used for the further strengthening of their military forces. Economy of North Korea has greatly impoverished following their military advancement. According to the UN, about two-third population of North Korea suffer from food insecurity. China is the leading trade partner of North Korea. But collaboration of China with U.S. in United Nations resolution against Korean Nuclear program can hamper the relationship of both countries causing further collapse of Korean economy.

Unlike the past, North Korea may review its aggravated decisions following the involvement of China in the sanctions. Losing an economic giant like China as an ally will prove to be a huge setback to Korea in the future. Table talks always make for a better alternative in the development of international relations than resorting to a military settlement. The devastations of a nuclear war can impinge on the generations to come and a nuclear-free World is the way to a prosperous future.

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