Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 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-down1·9 months agoImagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
minus-squareFisting for Freedom@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 months agoAn ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoIf the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 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-down1·9 months agoWhy would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 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-29 months agoThat’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 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.
If the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
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.