Warning that a USA strike on North Korea would spark war with China

But as well as beefing up its defences, U.S. forces could be forced  to carry out a preemptive “surgical strike” against North Korea before its nukes transform California into a radiated hell-hole.

 China expert John Delury warns this option would be on the table.

But he said it could end up spectacularly backfiring because nuclear armed Beijing would then feel compelled to defend its neighbour.

He said: “How might Beijing react to a US preemptive or surgical strike on the North?

“North Korea is, after all, China’s only defence treaty ally in the world, and is obligated to ‘immediately render military and other assistance by all means at its disposal’ to defend Pyongyang if attacked.

“A strike of this nature could likely drive Beijing to side with the North in accordance with their 1961 treaty.

Writing for the think tank 38 North, Dr Delury added: “‘Surgery’ would rapidly descend into a bloodbath. “Preemption” would start a war.”

As reported,  leaked emails show U.S. Presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton is threatening to “ring China with missile defence” if it doesn’t agree to Washington’s requests and use its influence over the one-party state to stop developing the weapons.

Meanwhile, Major General William Hix, of the US Army, confessed World War 3 is “almost guaranteed” and will be “extremely lethal and fast.” He  said that China and Russia are both developing huge militaries which are driven by new technologies.

And he warned that the US is preparing for “violence on the scale that the U.S. Army has not seen since Korea” when over 30,000 American troops were slaughtered.