@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-square28fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkIsrael planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources saywww.rnz.co.nz@Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Three grams of explosive on a custom board, that they can detonate at will. Kinda terrifying actually.
minus-squarestreetlightslinkfedilinkEnglish14•9 months agoImagine if one of those pagers had been on a plane…
minus-squareFisting for FreedomMlinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoAn ounce of high explosive won’t take down a plane. Even at cruising altitude.
minus-square@SplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoIf the pilots each had one and they were sitting on the flight console when boom boom
minus-squarestreetlightslinkfedilinkEnglish7•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-square@rbesfe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoWhy would someone be holding their pager against the wall of a plane?
minus-squarestreetlightslinkfedilinkEnglish15•9 months agoIf you’re sitting in a window seat your pocket is pretty much against the hull.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-29 months agoThat’s a horrifying thought. You are a gonner at that point
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish5•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.