Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
Three grams of explosive on a custom board, that they can detonate at will. Kinda terrifying actually.
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·10 months agoImagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
minus-squareFisting for Freedom@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months agoAn ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months 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-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoWhy would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoIf you’re sitting in a window seat your pocket is pretty much against the hull.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoThat’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoIf the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months 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.
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
If the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
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.