Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Three grams of explosive on a custom board, that they can detonate at will. Kinda terrifying actually.
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 months agoImagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
minus-squareFisting for Freedom@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoAn ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoIf the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 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-down1·3 months agoWhy would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
minus-squarestreetlights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoIf you’re sitting in a window seat your pocket is pretty much against the hull.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoThat’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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.