North Korea is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons designed to disable enemy electronics, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. North Korea reportedly purchased EMP technology from Russia and is now in the process of replicating it. Some American politicians, including Republicans Newt Gingrich and Rep. Trent Franks, have issued dire warnings about EMP technology. Gingrich went so far as to claim that an EMP attack “could be the kind of catastrophe that ends civilization, and that’s not an exaggeration.”
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North Korea Gets Its Hands on Electromagnetic Pulse Weaponry
Posted by: David Vranicar November 8, 2013 11:03 AMNorth Korea is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons designed to disable enemy electronics, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. North Korea reportedly purchased EMP technology from Russia and is now in the process of replicating it. Some American politicians, including Republicans Newt Gingrich and Rep. Trent Franks, have issued dire warnings about EMP technology. Gingrich went so far as to claim that an EMP attack “could be the kind of catastrophe that ends civilization, and that’s not an exaggeration.”