No, because not even Americans are stupid enough to believe the US will do a "military action" on a nuclear power. Fewer still see malware as casus belli.

We have "render safe" procedures for e.g. a collapse of the Pakistani government. We likely have similar plans for North Korea. In any case, the nukes aren't the insurmountable problem. It's the volumes of hidden artillery trained on Seoul that are problematic.

I see some difference between a checklist for starting a nuclear (or as you pointed out, shrapnel) holocaust and contingency planning.

A very optimistic assessment.

Yes, precisely.