Such weapons use electromagnetic energy rather than explosives to disrupt or damage targets, especially electronics infrastructure
2-MIN READ2-MINBloombergPublished: 7:57am, 9 Apr 2026Updated: 7:58am, 9 Apr 2026North Korea conducted a slew of new weapons tests, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, including one involving an electromagnetic weapon system and a carbon fibre bomb.
The weapons tests come at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty.
Kim said “the electromagnetic weapon and carbon fibre bomb are special assets of strategic nature to be combined with and applied to various military means” in different spheres, the KCNA report said, without giving further details.
These weapons use electromagnetic energy rather than explosives to disrupt or damage targets, especially electronics infrastructure.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits on tank with daughter during military exercise
