{"id":1379899,"date":"2026-04-09T09:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/north-korea-tested-an-electromagnetic-weapon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:31:47","slug":"north-korea-tested-an-electromagnetic-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/north-korea-tested-an-electromagnetic-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea tested an electromagnetic weapon."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"257\"><strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">North Korea<\/span><\/span> tested new weapons this week, including electromagnetic weapons and so-called &#8220;carbon bombs.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-08\/n-korea-conducted-test-of-electromagnetic-weapon-system-kcna-mnqne094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">writes<\/a> about this.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"463\"> The tests took place from April 6 to 8. The country&#8217;s leader <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">, Kim Jong-un,<\/span><\/span> called these developments &#8220;special assets of a strategic nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"609\"> According to him, electromagnetic weapons and carbon fiber bombs can be used together and used in various types of weapons.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"806\"> This is a type of weapon that uses electromagnetic energy to destroy targets instead of traditional explosives. The primary goal is to disable electronic infrastructure, particularly power grids.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"944\"> In addition, the tests also tested the combat readiness of ballistic missiles, according to the DPRK state news agency.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1066\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Experts note that the development of such technologies could strengthen Pyongyang&#8217;s cyber and electronic warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1066\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea tested new weapons this week, including electromagnetic weapons and so-called &#8220;carbon bombs.&#8221; Bloomberg writes about this. The tests took place from April 6 to 8. The country&#8217;s leader , Kim Jong-un, called these developments &#8220;special assets of a strategic nature.&#8221; According to him, electromagnetic weapons and carbon fiber bombs can be used together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1223809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1379899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}