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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by beezle on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @03:37PM (#41571773)
per a calculator on unsaferguard.org 20g of RDX

Injury/Fatality to Personnel Range (m) Fatal Distance 0.64 Lung Damage 1.02 Eardrum Rupture 2.63

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by Eduard on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @05:51PM (#41573236)
So apparently, it must be less than 20 g of RDX, and/or a weaker explosive: if the fatal distance was within 0.64 meters, there would be significantly more reported deaths.
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by dredmorbius on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @06:01PM (#41573330)
Or: lower-abdominal proximity has lower lethality.

That charge, held to the ear, would have had a considerably stronger effect.

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by dredmorbius on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @06:00PM (#41573323)
Distance in meters?

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  Injury/Fatality to Personnel Range (m)
  Fatal Distance 0.64
  Lung Damage 1.02
  Eardrum Rupture 2.63
(I'd found your comment in an Algolia search result which shows your original linebreak as entered.)