Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by lm28469 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:08AM (#41568415)

It wouldn't be a first

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Ayyash

> Shin Bet agents gave him a cell phone and told him it was bugged so they could listen in on his conversations.[17] They did not tell him that it also contained 15 grams of RDX explosive

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by busterarm on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:23PM (#41569334)

Cell phones were much bigger in 1996. You would have a hard time with that with phones today, but pagers are still viable.

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by lm28469 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:51PM (#41569736)

Replace half the battery with c4, you really don't need much to injure someone in direct contact with a modern explosive

https://youtu.be/OOWcTV2nEkU?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/LrUY8QbEcpM?feature=shared

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by TheBen1 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @04:19AM (#41577178)

I imagine technological progress has been made in the field of explosives as well. I guess the volume and weight can very very small when you can determine that the phone is being held at the head and the explosion can partially be directed to it. Maybe it's even possible to leverage the energy within the battery?

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