The Pyongyang Conflict

Military action

Escalation of the Kim regime in North Korea results in dramatic consequences.

Despite the reunification efforts of Korea in the early century, the North Korean leader, Kim Jung Il returned to threatening the United States and its allies.   After the American Coup of 2020 and the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022, Kim used his tactic of threats and missile demonstrations to pry more control and consensus into his hands.   After the resumption of ballistic missile tests in 2022, North Korea launched a missile tipped with a nuclear warhead at Hawaii. Although it failed to reach its destination (some speculate the intent was merely a "shot across the bow" albeit a very dramatic one), a nuclear detonation occurred in the ocean between Guam and Hawaii. Although the U.S. was still in transition from a military to civilian government, the reaction was swift and definitive. Several targets believed to be launch sites were annihilated in kind, and Pyongyang itself was subjected to an intense bombardment action lasting 38 days. Kim Jung Il is presumed to have died during the campaign.