This risks starting a nuclear war by accident. It's not certain DPRK can/will reliably distinguish a decapitating strike by the US military, from some random hacker trying to show off (by committing acts of war).
Who the heck knows how DPRK's nuclear command and control works? Who knows which parts are unexpectedly vulnerable, or how the paranoid, malnourished generals will interpret scary situations that wake them up at 3am? It'd be a ridiculously sutpid way to start a nuclear exchange—and I think it's a plausible one, I don't understand any reason to confidently reject it. Wars have always started for incredibly dumb reasons: a 19-year-old vigilante hero started World War I all by himself.
Who the heck knows how DPRK's nuclear command and control works? Who knows which parts are unexpectedly vulnerable, or how the paranoid, malnourished generals will interpret scary situations that wake them up at 3am? It'd be a ridiculously sutpid way to start a nuclear exchange—and I think it's a plausible one, I don't understand any reason to confidently reject it. Wars have always started for incredibly dumb reasons: a 19-year-old vigilante hero started World War I all by himself.