North Korea conducted a slew of tests of new armaments this week including an electromagnetic weapon system and an antiaircraft missile, as it ramps up efforts to upgrade its conventional arms amid U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s attacks on adversaries.
With global attention focused on developments in the Middle East amid a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said General Kim Jong Sik oversaw the tests conducted over three days from Monday to Wednesday.
Kim said ¡°the electromagnetic weapon and carbon-fiber bomb are special assets of strategic nature to be combined with and applied to various military means¡± in different spheres, according to the KCNA report. This type of weapon typically uses electromagnetic energy rather than explosives to disrupt or damage targets, especially electronics infrastructure.
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