Doubt it. The power distribution doesn't have enough parity. America is far ahead of anyone else. The nations next in line that could align against us are China and Russia, but they still wouldn't have anything on us. They have nukes, but they know it would be mutually assured destruction, and they have too much to lose in that scenario. Even North Korea isn't that crazy, Kim Jong-un is enjoying the hennessy and 1981 computer games and other perks that come with being the Supreme Leader. I'd be surprised if they did something brazen enough to warrant a multilateral response.
First off I live in the east and the only people that talk about nukes are americans. I swear americans have the most powerful military in the world but live in the most fear shyt is comedic, sad and scary at the same time.
second, if China and Russia were to exchange nukes, the U.S would lose as it doesn't have the same land mass to exchange with such huge countries. Russia can mobilize moscow underground in an hour, and put it's eastern front in the siberian region within 2 days. China is a little less prepared but it's got 1.6 billion, even if they lost half, they'd still have a larger population than the U.S. One thing is for certain, is that the U.S is NOT prepared for even 1 nuclear bomb to go off. It would be instant chaos. Americans demand a certain luxury and security that most countries in the east can only dream of. You think the chinese have a problem going without power for a week? but america gets turned off for even 6 hours and mayhem and anarchy would ensue.
Even if NK did do something, China or Russia wouldn't respond in the way you'd think. China is enjoying too much economic prosperity and they're really about to take it to the next level in the next decade. Russia has enough of its own problems to seriously intervene. No one wants WWIII, especially not for NK
Wrong. The way the chinese media is reporting it, is that they feel it's a security breach economically, they'd have to clean up and get ready for an influx of dying north koreans. You cant just nuke a country a few miles away and think china is going to be ok with that, esp since with the fallout and radiation storms blowing that shyt inland. If the U.S tried it, China might attempt to remove the pacific fleet or at least cripple it. at the moment america can't afford to deal with the pacific. China knows that. It's probably why they secretly allowed NK to test those nukes last feb.