The United States of America faces numerous threats from both State and Non State actors North Korea continues to pose a major threat to global security and the United States Experts have warned that if North Korea continues to further its weapons program at the rate it achieved this year 2018 will likely see the test of a missile loaded with a live nuclear weapon Shea Cotton a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies told The Washington Post that the device which he called the Juche bird will probably be tested over the Pacific Ocean The test of a nuclear device by North Korea may be considered an act of war by the United States The United States National Military Strategy 2015 NMS 2015 provides a plan and framework to address this type of threat