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What War Between North Korea and the U.S. Might Look Like

How U.S.-North Korea Tension Could Lead to War

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With the window closing fast -- if not already shutBloomberg Terminal -- for the U.S. to stop Kim Jong Un from obtaining a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korea watchers are starting to analyze President Donald Trump’s military options. He warned last month that North Korea would be met with “fire and fury” if it continues to make threats. After the United Nations agreed to its most stringent sanctions yet on Kim’s regime, North Korea repeated its stance that its nuclear weapons program is necessary to deter a U.S. invasion. Kim’s military then escalated tensions by test-firing a ballistic missile that flew over Japan and by completing what it said was a successful test of a hydrogen bomb capable of being fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. For Trump and the U.S., there are no easy choices.