North Korea: why bother with a test?

Personally, I think countering by launching an unarmed ICBM right into the middle of Pyongyang would be an appropriate response. Doesn't do any real harm, but gets the point across quite effectively.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Posted by RABicle
Are you suggeting an ICBM that doesn't contain explosives of any kind in it Monkey King? Like say you're just going to crash a large empty shell into the streets?

Yeah, pretty much. The point isn't to blow anything up, just remind them of where we can put our missiles. The property damage just drives the point home.

Do the US and North Koreans even HAVE any relations to worsen, in a realistic sense?

There's nowhere I can't reach.