Pagers explode across Lebanon!

[Steve In Texas]

I did not have Hezbola Exploding Pagers on my bingo card for 2024 interesting news. A couple thousand blowing up in the predefined time frame shows incredible logistics and preparation. I saw a reference flash on Sky News and had to put work on hold for a few minutes to read.

 

[DoubleDuty]

At first I thought it was the Babylon Bee

 

[cycleguy2300]

Parallel Subject: Didn't the US military place overloaded, exploding 7.62 X 39 rounds in different cashes of enemy ammo during the Vietnam war?
Old trick, new twist. Sounds right.

And it only takes 1 or 2 to create distrust...

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[Polkwright]

Well played Israel, well played. 3,000 injured! plus a few killed. How did they pull that one off? Must have taken years.

 

[General Zod]

Now consider the fear the terrorists are living with, wondering which other electronic device might take them out. Poetic.

 

[cycleguy2300]

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[etmo]

The last pager I had used AAA batteries. Been a while.

Are the newer ones rechargeable lithium-ion? And can you actually force a small lithium battery to explode with that kind of force? I thought the "thermal runaway" effect was far more likely to cause combustion, not a literal explosion.

I've read a few sources that are claiming it was just malware, shorting a circuit or overheating a battery. Seems un-possible, not buying the physics on that. A small blasting cap, however -- 100% buying that, easily triggered by a small power source, such as those running pagers.

 

[leVieux]

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I’ve known of the dangers of pagers since the 1960’s.

One of the Anesthetists at our Hospital keyed his common frequency belt pager just in time to hear his own wife tell a young Surgeon which room to meet her in at the local motel.

Very, very dangerous beeper-pager !

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[festering]

 

[orbitup]

Funny the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had his pager blow up at the same time. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

 

[Lead Belly]

Funny the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had his pager blow up at the same time. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

Rumor has it that the pagers were sourced from Iran.

Party "I" starts shit with neighbor X, neighbor X retaliates thus giving cause to take party X's land. Pattern formed.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Don't need an explosive for lithium, just a 'shorting' circuit.

That can make the battery burn and some batteries pop from pressure (often it will just make the cell turgid), but it wouldn't blow the pager to bits or cause injury beyond maybe a small burn. Highly improbable to cause life threatening injury or kill someone. Vapes had a reputation for their batteries catching fire and popping for a while, but its not something I remember hearing anying die from.

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[BigRed]

 

[BRD@66]

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..and so it begins.

 

[surevaliance]

So, it’s now Motorollah?

 

[BigRed]

For some reason, I am reminded of one of my favorite commercials...

 

[Mohawk600]

Freaking awesome...........I wonder exactly how they did it?

 

[Mohawk600]

Now consider the fear the terrorists are living with, wondering which other electronic device might take them out. Poetic.

Israeli intelligence services are pretty good.............I am currently reading "Vengance" about their response to the killing in the Olympic village back in '72 in Munich..........damn good book

 

[Gordo]

We here at Motorola thank you for your bulk order.
Your shipment will just be delayed a few days due to it's size,
but rest assured, they will all be fresh, and ready to go, once you receive your order.

 

[OutlawStar]

Now consider the fear the terrorists are living with, wondering which other electronic device might take them out. Poetic.

Fighting terrorism with terrorism, seems legit.