Assume you are the head of either North Korea's or Cuba's intelligence apparatus.

Assume you are the head of either North Korea's or Cuba's intelligence apparatus. Your leadership has declared in a high-level, secretive party meeting that they are no longer willing to stand by and allow the US strangle their country via an economic embargo. In order to prevent a complete economic collapse, they have decided to mobilize their military forces for an unprecedented 15 day nationwide exercise. Elements within the party are concerned the exercise would be viewed as a hostile act, potentially opening the door to yet another US sponsored "regime change."