Can the Chinese hit the self destruct button?
Also, doesn't the US have a tired system to try to down the missle/warhead after it launches, when it leaves the atmosphere, and when it re-enters.
Would be cool if the warhead was either shot down in space or by F 15's that were scrambled.
China and or N Korea in bad position after even if it is shot down or harmlessly detonated.
N Korea is integrated to S Korea but only after a decade of Chinse development.
US gets sweet trade deal for a decade as well.
Event actually bonds the two nations.
Longterm, China, US, Russia, EU, and Japan develop lunar base and Mars missions.