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South Korea to Develop “Black Bomb” Weapon to Target Electricity Sources

August 8, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News

South Korea has announced plans to develop an air-launched weapon to disrupt electrical power lines, electricity substations, and power-generating plants, reports the August 16 issue of Jane’s Defence Weekly. The project, known as the “Black Bomb,” is aimed at producing a weapon similar to the U.S. BLU-114/B, a submunition payload for the CBU-94/B dispenser weapon that causes short-circuits in targeted power lines, rendering them ineffective. The article quotes an unnamed South Korean official, who said that the Black Bomb project should prove particularly effective in incapacitating North Korea’s underground military facilities, if the need for such a strike arose. The program is believed to be headed by the Ministry of National Defense’s main research and development arm, the Agency for Defense Development. In late July, South Korea’s leading producer of ammunition, Poongsan, was selected as the main contractor.

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