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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by CydeWeys on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:27PM (#41572357)
Batteries aren't pressure vessels though. Pressure vessels are generally decently large; how are you going to get one with significant capacity inside something as small and lightweight as a pager? Just putting in some plain explosives makes a lot more sense.
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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by Retr0id on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:37PM (#41572452)
A battery without pressure relief is definitionally a pressure vessel. How much damage it actually does when it explodes is another question entirely.
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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by CydeWeys on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @05:07PM (#41572751)
It's a very minimal amount of pressure it can withstand, is the point. Certainly nowhere close to lethal explosive pressure. It's not a pressure vessel in the sense of the kind of pressure vessel it takes to make an effective bomb.
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