ICTChris Posted Tuesday at 19:30 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:30 Big mistake to let this pair do all the comms purchases. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted Tuesday at 19:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:32 It's being reported by Sky News Arabia that the pagers had a quantity of plastic explosives in them and that it was detonated by malware that caused the devices battery to heat up. Seems amazing that you could do something like that so reliably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted Tuesday at 19:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:41 1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said: People are still user pagers? f**king hell. Exactly The 1980s/fife are f**ked,the rest of us should be fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted Tuesday at 19:43 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:43 You have to salute Israel's courage, their strength and their indefatigability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted Wednesday at 00:40 Share Posted Wednesday at 00:40 Israel committing more war crimes, lovely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted Wednesday at 06:58 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:58 11 hours ago, ICTChris said: It's being reported by Sky News Arabia that the pagers had a quantity of plastic explosives in them and that it was detonated by malware that caused the devices battery to heat up. Seems amazing that you could do something like that so reliably. I'm of a same mind. It's very clever how they've managed to rig up only the Hezbollah pagers with explosives. I'm thinking they have guys in key positions within Hezbollah. It's obviously evil and awful, but I'm a little fascinated by how they've pulled this off. I wonder if the yanks or us have had anything to do.with it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted Wednesday at 07:48 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:48 I saw the Exploding Pagers open for the Manic Street Preachers at the SECC in '98. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted Wednesday at 07:52 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:52 15 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Mate of used to do that regularly. Hide contents Worked in a quarry. Doctor Who? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia Gentile Posted Wednesday at 08:02 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:02 13 hours ago, ICTChris said: It will be interesting to see how the Israelis have done this. I've read some people say that the batteries exploded but I don't think you could rig up literally thousands of devices to explode at the same time like that by overheating the battery. Also, I'm unclear on the mechanism you could use to cause a lithium battery to explode - obviously they can and do explode when heated but how would you do that on the scale done here? It would seem to be very difficult. It's more likely that the Israel penetrated the manufacture of the pagers - apparently they had recently been supplied. So it's possible Israel placed agents into the factory, who put small charges and a remote detonator into every pager which were then triggered today. I would imagine that it might be more sophisticated than having someone on the assembly line with a pocket full of explosives, as that would be too easily to detect. Maybe they took control of a parts supplier and supplied them into the factory. Pretty remarkable if that's what was done, both to actually do it and also for there not to be any malfunction or explode during transit etc. One thing that you might say though is that if the Israelis could do something like this, couldn't they have used this information more valuably? If they could implant something into every device or someone control every device could they not used it to track senior commanders and use drone strikes or bombs? ALso, if you can blow up the pagers surely you can intercept information contained within them, would that not be more valuable? https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/israel-s-mossad-planted-explosives-in-hezbollah-s-taiwan-made-pagers-months-in-advance-reports/ar-AA1qKwen?ocid=spr_trending&businessvertical=News This seems to suggest something between the two. A plastic explosive around the battery which was triggered, then explodes, when a command message was sent to all the pagers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted Wednesday at 08:45 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:45 52 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Doctor Who? Doctor Doctor. Spoiler I feel like a pair of curtains. Spoiler Try Dunelm Mill next door then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted Wednesday at 10:53 Share Posted Wednesday at 10:53 At least 2 children have died. People more concerned with the "epic James Bond explosing pen XD" aspect of this than the callous terrorism committed by Israel. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted Wednesday at 11:08 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:08 12 minutes ago, Jives Miguel said: At least 2 children have died. People more concerned with the "epic James Bond explosing pen XD" aspect of this than the callous terrorism committed by Israel. Nobody is saying it's not horrific. Calm down Helen Lovejoy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyinBorders Posted Wednesday at 11:35 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:35 17 hours ago, ICTChris said: It will be interesting to see how the Israelis have done this. I've read some people say that the batteries exploded but I don't think you could rig up literally thousands of devices to explode at the same time like that by overheating the battery. Also, I'm unclear on the mechanism you could use to cause a lithium battery to explode - obviously they can and do explode when heated but how would you do that on the scale done here? It would seem to be very difficult. It's more likely that the Israel penetrated the manufacture of the pagers - apparently they had recently been supplied. So it's possible Israel placed agents into the factory, who put small charges and a remote detonator into every pager which were then triggered today. I would imagine that it might be more sophisticated than having someone on the assembly line with a pocket full of explosives, as that would be too easily to detect. Maybe they took control of a parts supplier and supplied them into the factory. Pretty remarkable if that's what was done, both to actually do it and also for there not to be any malfunction or explode during transit etc. One thing that you might say though is that if the Israelis could do something like this, couldn't they have used this information more valuably? If they could implant something into every device or someone control every device could they not used it to track senior commanders and use drone strikes or bombs? ALso, if you can blow up the pagers surely you can intercept information contained within them, would that not be more valuable? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted Wednesday at 12:42 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:42 mon tae f**k Iran you utter shitebags. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted Wednesday at 14:45 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:45 (edited) Reports of more devices exploding in the last couple of hours. Edited to add, seems like it's hand-held radios that are blowing up now. Edited Wednesday at 14:46 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted Wednesday at 14:46 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:46 A Hezbollah spokesman yesterday... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted Wednesday at 14:46 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:46 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted Wednesday at 14:47 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:47 Looks like they've done it again. More "communications devices" blowing up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted Wednesday at 15:20 Share Posted Wednesday at 15:20 (edited) Its a bit like every Sky Box I had that "blew" about 1 month after the warranty expired. Talking of which Hezbollah will get them all replaced as within warranty Edited Wednesday at 15:21 by superbigal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted Wednesday at 15:20 Share Posted Wednesday at 15:20 33 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Reports of more devices exploding in the last couple of hours. Edited to add, seems like it's hand-held radios that are blowing up now. 'Exploding hand held radios' thread for this pish. At this rate the Israelis will be bombing carrier pigeons by the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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