China has unveiled a new weapon

China has announced the creation of a weapon capable of causing blackouts in large areas. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

Chinese TV channel CCTV published an animated video with, presumably, a graphite bomb.

Such a bomb is able to completely cut off electricity in a target area of at least 10 thousand square meters.

The video shows the launch of a missile with 90 cylindrical submunitions. They fly in the air and detonate.

At the same time, thin, chemically treated carbon filaments designed to short-circuit high-voltage power infrastructure are scattered.

According to the channel, the weapons are intended to disrupt enemy command and control systems.

It causes widespread power outages over an area of at least 10,000 square meters.

China has revealed a mysterious type of missile to disable power grids. The new type of weapon is capable of disabling power plants and causing a complete blackout in certain areas.
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CCTV did not directly identify the weapon as a graphite bomb, but its characteristics are very similar to known graphite munitions

Graphite bombs are non-lethal weapons designed to disable power grids.

Such a bomb consists of a metal container filled with spools of graphite fiber and an explosive device.