Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
Three grams of explosive on a custom board, that they can detonate at will. Kinda terrifying actually.
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/Her)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI feel like this should unironically be a war crime. The potential for collateral is ridiculously high.
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoImagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
minus-squareFisting for Freedom@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAn ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI dunno, did you see the picture of what happened to the pager that was on the table? I could see that going through a few mm of aluminium.
minus-squarerbesfe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhy would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf you’re sitting in a window seat your pocket is pretty much against the hull.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt may not take it down but it would likely not end well. Also an ounce of certain explosives is a lot more destructive than others.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI saw a post earlier on my mastodon mentioning this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Mines,_Booby-Traps_and_Other_Devices I do see “portable objects” mentioned, but given that the section is otherwise about stuff associated with children, I’m not sure if pagers would qualify or not.
I feel like this should unironically be a war crime. The potential for collateral is ridiculously high.
Imagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
An ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
I dunno, did you see the picture of what happened to the pager that was on the table? I could see that going through a few mm of aluminium.
Why would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
If you’re sitting in a window seat your pocket is pretty much against the hull.
That’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
It may not take it down but it would likely not end well. Also an ounce of certain explosives is a lot more destructive than others.
If the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
I saw a post earlier on my mastodon mentioning this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Mines,_Booby-Traps_and_Other_Devices I do see “portable objects” mentioned, but given that the section is otherwise about stuff associated with children, I’m not sure if pagers would qualify or not.