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If I may chime in here:

North Korea obviously lacks the supplies to fuel a war against South Korea. North Korean military equipment (tanks, aircraft, even nukes) are low quality and outdated by the standards of the South. Air superiority would play a crucial role in any Korean conflict. Imagine a country sending starving soldiers equipped with Cold War-era vehichles of war to fight a country with comparable military technology to the USA and an effectively unlimited line of supply for its soldiers. If the US is factored into the war it becomes practically one-sided. There are no insurgents like in Libya or Iraq. This is a conventional war with the most powerful country on the planet and an advanced minor state.

The US government has shown clear military support for South Korea (even forgetting that they have thousands of troops stationed in the South). That flight of two B-2 stealth bombers from America to Korea was a clear warning to the North Koreans of "Are you really serious now? Do you want to do this?"

But the point is moot. It isn't devolving into a war. Kim Jong-Un is just asserting his dominance in the eyes of the North Koreans. He needs to seem aggressive and strong.