In other words we're fucked plain and simple. Better practice our North Korean style military high step once they subjegate our asses.
Here are some snippets..
How Would the U.S. Defend Against a North Korean Nuclear Attack?
By Chloe Whiteaker, Jeremy Scott Diamond and Tony Capaccio
September 8, 2017...
After successfully testing two intercontinental ballistic missiles and a bomb with far more destructive power than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the North Korean nuclear threat has never been more credible.
The U.S. missile defense system is a global network with 24-hour surveillance by land-, sea- and space-based sensors, all of which are constantly looking for signs of anything amiss in North Korea. So what would that response look like? It’s impossible to say exactly, with so many variables in play and almost as many failures as successes in tests, but this is theoretically how the system should work.
If North Korea were to launch a missile, U.S. satellites would detect it almost instantaneously through infrared signals. In less than a minute, the satellite would raise the alarm, and the command and control center at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado would spring into action.
The command center in Colorado would direct the radars in the region to track the missile as it climbed toward outer space. During that five- to seven-minute stretch, the TPY-2 and SPY-1 radar systems would be gathering data like trajectory, velocity and altitude to send back to the command center so they can figure out what type of missile was launched and whether it could reach the U.S.
This “boost phase” is actually the ideal time to intercept a missile, but the current defense system isn’t equipped to do so yet.
Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) are the only weapon capable of destroying an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and they’ve only been tested against such a missile once—with success. The U.S. only has 36 GBIs in the field—four in California and 32 in Alaska—and would likely launch a few per incoming missile to improve the odds of success during an attack.
That stockpile is expected to expand to 44 by the end of the year, but it’s not hard to imagine how the U.S. defense could theoretically be overpowered if North Korea were to fire multiple missiles. The Pentagon said in June that it can protect the nation from “a small number” of missiles—not a barrage.
Lol we are fucked if Pyongyang goes all in.