The voice of reason.
It would be trivial for the Chinese or Russians to wait 6m after an EMP attack to just walk right in. Even in the guise of ‘international assistance’. Most of our cities would have been burned to the ground and most of the population would already either be dead or so weak from malnutrition they’d be little threat to an invader.
The norks already put 4 packages in orbit at the altitude necessary for an emp attack. Detonating just one of these at the right place could destroy everything we currently depend on for clean food, water, heat medical care and any sort of law enforcement.
Like I said as long as we immediately level the playing field by launching our own. The question is do we have a leader with the cajones? If I were CiC and we were emp’ed on a continental level I’d do it in a heartbeat. Then we only have to worry about Mexico but without power to industry they have no reason to swarm north anymore other than border raids.
Besides I think only Russia or the ChiComs have the ability to do it on a global scale. One high altitude emp of low yield effect much.
The range of effectiveeness of the sub-megaton airbursts are limited. North Korea at present does not have the warheads or the ICBMs required to affect more than a few local areas, and thosee IRBM or ICBM may very well be intercepted safely. More dangerous at present is an undetected suicide attack by a NORK submarine not suspected to exist. Such an attack could be directed at a seaport.