To counter the increasingly dangerous North Korea, South Korea has decided to develop "carbon fiber" weapons that could cripple Pyongyang.
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| According to NK News, citing South Korean defense sources, in addition to conventional weapons with high destructive power, Seoul has decided to invest heavily in developing high-tech bombs that could change the nature of warfare in order to counter Pyongyang. |
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| According to the description, this is a non-lethal weapon system, essentially a sophisticated "carbon fiber bomb or missile" designed to launch conductive wires that can cripple or destroy North Korea's power transmission system. |
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| Although details about this new weapon have not been disclosed, according to Western military sources, this new generation weapon developed by South Korea is based on the US CHAMP prototype currently undergoing testing. |
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| According to military experts, once this type of carbon weapon is put into use, it will change the nature of conventional warfare, as it can neutralize the enemy's electronic targets without the need for guns and ammunition. |
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| The "soft destruction" potential of this type of weapon is highly valued compared to bombs that attack targets hidden underground or camouflaged, because microwave radiation can penetrate steel, concrete, etc., and infiltrate underground command centers, causing short circuits and destroying electronic components in computers, power supplies, communication equipment, and related devices. |
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| In a 2012 test by the U.S. military, the CHAMP missile targeted several two-story buildings at the test range, which housed a large number of desktop personal computers and other electronic equipment. |
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| After being struck by CHAMP missiles with directed microwave radiation for seconds, all computers, command and communication systems in the target two-story houses were incinerated. Seconds later, the electrical systems failed, and even the cameras used to record the test results were damaged. |
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| Everything else—people, animals, and infrastructure—was virtually unharmed. Within an hour, the CHAMP missile successfully destroyed seven target buildings with minimal or no collateral damage. |
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| Despite its many advantages, South Korea's biggest obstacle in developing this carbon weapon is its exorbitant cost. This is also a problem for the United States, preventing it from acquiring this missile due to financial constraints. American experts predict that, in the near future, this technology will provide the capability to completely disable all electronic devices of potential enemies, including data processing and storage systems. |
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| “This technology marks the beginning of a new era in modern warfare and cyber warfare. We hope that, in the near future, these systems will be the means to render the enemy’s electronic devices and computers useless, rendering them incompetent from an informational standpoint…,” an anonymous source from the South Korean Ministry of Defense said. (Image in article: Simulation of the US testing the CHAMP weapon). |
According to Baodatviet
