They have no foolhardy intentions of slugging it out with us Toe to Toe on our terms.
instead they’ll go a symmetric.
With EBT gone and ATOms unworkable, every US city will be choked with inky clouds of billowing only smoke, the tinkle of broken glass and the screams of every Trayvon somehow SURE that This Is All Part of Whiteys’s Dastardly Plan cuz We Wuz Kangz.
Two points:
1. An EMP alone is not enough to prevent retaliation against North Korea. China would have to help. Otherwise that would be suicide for North Korea.
2. America may be the strongest, but it is not the only military power which would strike back at them. If taken seriously, there is this little thing called SEATO. There would be at least a half dozen other countries North Korea would have to be ready to fight.