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China’s New Graphite Bomb Signals Shift to Silent Siege of Taiwan
- On June 30, 2025, China’s state broadcaster CCTV released an animated video revealing a new blackout bomb designed to disable electrical grids without explosions.
- This reveal follows a broader Chinese military focus on systems destruction warfare aimed at paralyzing enemy infrastructure, especially targeting Taiwan's vulnerable centralized power grid.
- The weapon launches 90 cylindrical submunitions that disperse conductive carbon filaments mid-air to short-circuit power substations, potentially causing large-scale blackouts over 10,000 square meters.
- Experts note the bomb’s 290-kilometer range and 490-kilogram warhead echo U.S. graphite bombs used in the 1991 Gulf War and 1999 Kosovo conflict, which disabled up to 85% and 70% of national grids respectively.
- The blackout bomb’s strategic goal appears to be undermining Taiwan’s governance and military coordination, with implications for escalation risks and prompting concerns over China’s expanding non-kinetic warfare capabilities.
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Although it does not appear, this bomb does not seek to destroy buildings or cause explosions, but to leave entire cities without electricity in a matter of seconds.
China has created a weapon capable of deactivating entire power stations and causing a total current panic in the affected area. It is supposed to be a graphite bomb, according to the South China Morning Post.
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China shares first look of new 'graphite bomb'. It can bring down entire electrical grids
Graphite bombs are a class of non-lethal munitions designed to paralyse electrical infrastructure without destroying it physically. According to reports, the new bomb is designed to cause power outage in areas as large as 10,000 square metres
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