After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a message to the world: we can watch you too.
It's a net new military intelligence capability in the hands of an opponent. This fundamentally changes the theater, as any net new capability would. This has been understood since Sun Tzu. It's not "nuclear armageddon" scary, it's a demonstration that the USA is failing to maintain its oppressive chokehold on the world.
I'm not saying it isn't an impressive accomplishment for NK just that it isn't remotely scary.
It's a net new military intelligence capability in the hands of an opponent. This fundamentally changes the theater, as any net new capability would. This has been understood since Sun Tzu. It's not "nuclear armageddon" scary, it's a demonstration that the USA is failing to maintain its oppressive chokehold on the world.