即使仅仅是核打击威胁也有可能引发动荡，前提是上述威胁促使韩国和日本等美国相关盟国增加他们的军事开支并重新思考他们不拥核的立场。
Even just the threat of such a strike could be destabilizing, if it drives concerned US allies such as South Korea and Japan to increase their military spending and reconsider their non-nuclear postures.