The threat that North Korea could wage war with the US by using ICBM's tipped with nuclear weapons was not realistic because they would be shot down and it would mean the total destruction of their country. That all changed this week. North Korea appears to be preparing to launch a new submarine capable of firing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, with US and South Korean intelligence “thoroughly monitoring” developments at the North’s Sinpo shipyard. Instead of the 6,000 mile journey from North Korea to California it will now mean a sub 20 miles off shore of LA. NK would still be annihilated but only after LA was destroyed. This has always been the true threat but no one ever talked about it and now it is here. Here is news from 2 years ago. In recent weeks, North Korean media have released images of a “newly built submarine” and subsequent analyses researchers and think tanks theorize it is a second Sinpo-class ballistic missile submarine (SSB) that might be capable of launching nuclear ballistic missiles. While the eyes of the world are on the land based missile launches the more serious threat is from under the sea. A sub off the coast of California and one off the coast of New York could hit a half dozen US cities using a first strike strategy. It would mean the end of North Korea but it puts them in a powerful bargaining position.