North Korea claims it now has a miniaturized hydrogen bomb that could be placed on a ballistic missile. That seems extremely unlikely *unless* someone sold them the finished product.
In any case, this escalation is likely to provoke a US strike on North Korea. Those radar stations going up in the South China Sea look increasingly more significant. The B1(b) was stripped of its nuclear capability and can fly at 830 mph @ 50,000 feet. The mission range is around 3400 miles. Australia to South Korea is about 5500 miles.
War is good for business.
The B2 can leave from the Midwest US and strike North Korea and return without too much detection or interference. Kim Jong Dufus best mind his P’s and Q’s.
I’m thinking part of what is going on we are roping Australia back in from the Chinese sphere of influence.
Guam is much closer, although that cuts both ways.
Loose lips sink ships.
Good luck – Australia is pretty far gone (left). The influence now would be fighting terrorism and our current administration is against that.