If the DPRK gets in this mix the US will unleash. Drones are checkers, MOABs/JDAM are chess. HIMARS as far as you can see and Patriots/Iron Dome/CIWS. You won’t be able to get a fruit fly in.
And what if we deploy a carrier into the Black Sea.
Game over.
Juche power.
But yeah they wouldn’t because they’re smart, maintaining a relationship with another major trading partner outside of China, that isn’t constrained by US sanctions(to an extent) is beneficial to the revolution