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North Korea reveals nuclear EMP attack plans

By Paul Bedard
Published November 24, 2018 5:08pm ET
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North Korea reveals nuclear EMP attack plans
A North Korean man carries his country's national flag after celebrations of the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The celebrations of Kim's birthday anniversary, a revered national holiday, came as South Korea’s president warned that North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear weapons program, amid an international outcry over Pyongyang’s January nuclear test and the Feb. 7 rocket launch. | (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

In a sign that North Korea is not planning to give up all its nuclear arsenal, the communist government has revealed plans to use the weapons to launch EMP attacks that effectively dismantle technology and computers in the blast area.

A report on the new document distributed by the government shows the acronym for electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, clearly printed in July.

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