South Korea develops bomb that could shut down North Korea

Daily Mail:
South Korea have developed what they are calling a blackout bomb that would wipe out North Korean electricity without killing anyone if Kim Jong-un tried to attack.

The bomb, which Seoul says can be built at any time, would paralyse the hermit nation if it were deployed.

The graphite bomb would cover Pyongyang's electrical facilities in carbon graphite filaments which would shut down the country's power grid and nullify its nuclear threat.

A South Korean military spokesman told the country's Yonhap news agency: 'All technologies for the development of a graphite bomb led by the Agency for Defence Development have been secured.

'It is in the stage where we can build the bombs anytime.'

While nuclear war would likely cause millions of deaths, the South Korean approach would not target any civilians.

The graphite bomb is a non-lethal weapon containing filaments which unleash a thick cloud when it explodes.

Carbon fibres in the cloud cling to power lines, causing grids to short circuit and cut out.

The graphite bomb can be countered by insulated power cables, and electricity would reboot once the cloud dispersed, meaning it would only be a temporary defence measure against Kim Jong-un's nuclear threat.
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The bomb could be used as a prelude to targeted strikes on North Korean facilities that threaten teh South.  It could also be used to cover special forces operations working on a decapitation strike against the North Korean leadership.

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