Or just bombs. Word has it if you break the connections the lights go out.
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coinpile1 day ago
+40
Big if true
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EyeFicksIt1 day ago
+18
Last test couldn’t be confirmed , f****** power went out for some reason
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Channel2501 day ago
+7
Just jam a penny in the breaker.
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AlwaysUpvotesScience1 day ago
+1
I thought we canceled pennies...
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emptinessmaykillme1 day ago
+1
You guys have pennies?
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Rabidjester1 day ago
+3
Concerning.
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imminatural1 day ago
+28
Non nuclear EMP (NNEMP). These devices have been around since the 1960s, note that they give the area of effect in hectares, because when you convert it to km of range the number isn't impressive. Most military equipment is designed to withstand EMPs.
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Zeikos1 day ago
+10
It'd be a shame if an AI datacenter got hit.
Unlikely to happen, but like Iran did I think that's the threat.
Disrupting datacenters creates a lot of logistical issues, not necessarily for the military but if the magnitude of the disruption is high enough then military operations would indirectly suffer. Afterall an army operations depends on non-army resources, it's impossible to insulate it completely.
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Fr33_Lax1 day ago
+8
Doesn't have to be an AI datacenter. Any server farm running web services like AWS would cripple global online commerce. Profit loss measured in billions for every hour those services are down.
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Zeikos1 day ago
Yeah, I meant in general, the first line was a reference to what Iran threatened as retaliation a few days ago.
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imminatural1 day ago
+2
> It'd be a shame if an AI datacenter got hit.
The military data centers have Faraday cages around the building to deal with EMPs.
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FuzzyAd94071 day ago
+1
Also its why while the US has had one theyve used graphite bombs instead when they want to f*** a power grid without destroying the generation source. Still a small area but a bigger issue to deal with after when you have to physcially clean the conductive fibers off your powerlines and substations to get the grid back up.
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imminatural1 day ago
> Still a small area but a bigger issue to deal with after when you have to physcially clean the conductive fibers off your powerlines
The alternative is a conventional bomb where you have to replace parts of the substation. Like what Russia does to Ukraine; it's much easier to destroy the whole thing than temporarily disabled it.
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Cautious_Goose_55681 day ago
+23
No, a graphite bomb probably but could just be propaganda
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ghoulthebraineater1 day ago
+11
Probably not propaganda. They're already pretty common. It's just a case full of graphite strips that land in power lines and short things out.
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+1
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NoPossibility1 day ago
+3
There are still above ground sections somewhere, especially around transformer stations or along major transmission lines.
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ghoulthebraineater1 day ago
+1
There's still a shit ton of above ground transmission lines. Specifically the lines from a power plant to substations. Those are always above ground and exactly what would be targeted. You can shut down a much wider area that way.
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Another_Slut_Dragon1 day ago
+2
Read down. It's carbon filaments in a bomb designed to physically short out power lines. I doubt they have an actual EMP.
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+1
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soft_taco_special1 day ago
+122
Article is either AI or a person with no clue what they are talking about. Constantly drifts back and forth between electricity grids and electronics and back and forth between EMP and graphite bombs that it constantly refers to as carbon fiber. No evidence, no data, no basis of any kind other than a vague statement from the regime. Also it's a munition type we've had in use since desert storm.
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BaZing31 day ago
+13
Yeah, the only information in the article is "North Korea claims they did a test on something that affects power"
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ResortClear7301 day ago
+3
It’s right up there with the Russian tsunami weapon lol.
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No-Good-One-Shoe1 day ago
+1
Let's get this comment to the top.
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Dull-Composer-21751 day ago
+24
If this was true russia would have use them ukraine but they dont.
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lonigus1 day ago
+1
Its still widely unexplored and still basically a nuke detonated in high altitude from which the radiation released ionizes the air releasing electrons in a massive area. It would not just affect ukraine, but thousands of square km including Russia. One such bomb over USA would fry 80% of the powergrids in North America.
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MourningRIF1 day ago
+2
Project starfish... But now we have lots of satellites up there... The effects could be more catastrophic on those.
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modbroccoli1 day ago
+2
I really thought this comment was ridiculous anime-inspired hyperbole.
Amazingly it is noy. Probably "could" more than "would". But yeah shit, high-altitude nuclear EMP is a scary animal.
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NonGeneriComplaint1 day ago
+3
emp has been known about for decades
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modbroccoli1 day ago
-2
well EMPs aren't all the same thing and I'm willing to bet you just said everything you know on the subject lmao
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NonGeneriComplaint1 day ago
+5
And if I did? Did that make the fact that my statement was correct easier for you?
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BooCreepyFootDr1 day ago
+9
North Korea discovers EMP device.
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SummitYourSister1 day ago
+6
So they must accidentally set these off in their own country huh
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RoddBanger1 day ago
+4
Are they testing it on themselves? If so, it's working pretty well.
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Loki-L1 day ago
+6
NATO used them in Yugoslavia in the 90s. Hardly a new concept and not really a high tech one either.
Sprinkle some glitter on some power infrastructure from above and you are done.
A determined saboteur might replicate it with some consumer drones and a bit of Christmas decorations.
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Araminal1 day ago
+2
> Sprinkle some glitter on some power infrastructure from above and you are done.
I like the idea of that: it doesn't work anymore, but it looks hella pretty.
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pm_sexy_neck_pics1 day ago
+1
It probably still works if you sprinkle some thermite and some boron in there too
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GnomeNot1 day ago
+3
Did Ocean’s Eleven just come out over there?
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chief_blunt91 day ago
+1
Next they’re going to bore a tunnel under the earth into Seoul, hoping to cause an earthquake.
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Owl_B_Hirt1 day ago
+4
It makes me sad to think of what else the $$ used to develop/manufacture these could have been used for- c**** desalination, cure for the common cold, equalizing tv volume so the commercials don't blow out my eardrums while program dialogue is mumbly jumbly.
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External-Plastic-1541 day ago
+2
They seem to keep talking nonsense because they lack presence. They should just open up instead of doing pointless things.
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shinjikun101 day ago
+2
"So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we're in Barney!"
~ Oceans Eleven
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Former-Speaker-55111 day ago
+2
This isn't new it's just an NNEMP they're decades and decades old.
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Morty_A26661 day ago
+2
Oh NK discovered EMP? How shocking...
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plan_with_stan1 day ago
+2
Of course they did
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Comfortable-Dish12361 day ago
+2
OMFG, the poor ocean! Again!
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of_no_real_opinion1 day ago
+2
So either an EMP which is designed to cut off power. Or they just have bombs they are big enough to blow up a power plant. Neat
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isekai_cheese1 day ago
+3
shut up north korea nobody gives a f***
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steve_ample1 day ago
+2
And the beauty of it is that the DPRK is not vulnerable to the same. Y'know, the lack of electronics, or electricity, or any kind of real technology or modernity...
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Vorobye1 day ago
+1
Those who sleep on the floor cannot fall out of bed.
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Goosepond011 day ago
+1
Breaking news, North Korea contines to be massively behind in weapons development, sensationalist posts must be written!
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jermster1 day ago
+1
Literally the plot of Nuclear War: A Scenario.
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ang-p1 day ago
+1
Judging by their historical rocket performance...
> although at least one of the launches may have failed.
... oh, and current it would appear, they are likely to be as effective as the russian air defence rockets homing in on a, erm, russian skyscraper..
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OneHappyPenguin1 day ago
+1
North Korea invented a Tequila Bomb? Oh… not that sort of blackout.
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OttoKrieg1 day ago
+1
missed opportunity to call it goldeneye missiles
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Victor_L1 day ago
+1
Are they just rebranding their nukes? Those tend to produce a pretty extreme EMP.
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