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  • G George K
    17 Sept 2024, 14:04

    How do you get pagers to explode, unless you have an operative distributing them?

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    Horace
    wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:09 last edited by
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    @George-K said in The Exploding Pagers:

    How do you get pagers to explode, unless you have an operative distributing them?

    You tell them that Democracy is at stake.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • G George K
      17 Sept 2024, 14:04

      How do you get pagers to explode, unless you have an operative distributing them?

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:12 last edited by
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      @George-K said in The Exploding Pagers:

      How do you get pagers to explode, unless you have an operative distributing them?

      Battery. I think they have to have
      Figured something out to overload the battery.

      This is some incredible shit. Maybe they really do have weather machines…

      The Brad

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:28 last edited by
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        I don't see how you could get batteries to explode like that in a standard device by remote interference. They must be handing out devices that have been tampered with.

        I was only joking

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        • D Doctor Phibes
          17 Sept 2024, 14:28

          I don't see how you could get batteries to explode like that in a standard device by remote interference. They must be handing out devices that have been tampered with.

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:37 last edited by
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          @Doctor-Phibes said in The Exploding Pagers:

          I don't see how you could get batteries to explode like that in a standard device by remote interference. They must be handing out devices that have been tampered with.

          Firmware update?

          The Brad

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:40 last edited by
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            No they had to add explosive to the devices. This was obviously a long planned event.

            And beautiful. Bringing it to them personally in such a targeted way.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • L LuFins Dad
              17 Sept 2024, 14:37

              @Doctor-Phibes said in The Exploding Pagers:

              I don't see how you could get batteries to explode like that in a standard device by remote interference. They must be handing out devices that have been tampered with.

              Firmware update?

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:41 last edited by
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              @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in The Exploding Pagers:

              I don't see how you could get batteries to explode like that in a standard device by remote interference. They must be handing out devices that have been tampered with.

              Firmware update?

              I guess it's theoretically possible, if you could somehow reverse polarity to the battery terminals, but I suspect they've been tampered with in hardware rather than software. You'd also need to make sure only the pagers carried by targets were compromised, how on earth would you do that?

              I was only joking

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:45 last edited by
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                Was it simultaneous?

                The Brad

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:50 last edited by
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                  Seems to have been

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:51 last edited by
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                    Apparently hesballah already banned cell phones for its operatives as they were all getting hacked. So they switched to pagers and couriers.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • J jon-nyc
                      17 Sept 2024, 14:51

                      Apparently hesballah already banned cell phones for its operatives as they were all getting hacked. So they switched to pagers and couriers.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:52 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers:

                      . So they switched to pagers and couriers.

                      More medieval tactics, LOL

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • J jon-nyc
                        17 Sept 2024, 14:40

                        No they had to add explosive to the devices. This was obviously a long planned event.

                        And beautiful. Bringing it to them personally in such a targeted way.

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 14:53 last edited by
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                        @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        No they had to add explosive to the devices. This was obviously a long planned event.

                        And beautiful. Bringing it to them personally in such a targeted way.

                        You like terrorism? We'll show you how it's done.

                        This is such a masterful stroke psychologically. Now none of those bastards will want to be carrying that technology.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          George K
                          wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:12 last edited by
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                          Some reports are saying that over 1000 were injured.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:17 last edited by jon-nyc
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                            I hope there was a 2 second delay between the detonation message and the detonation itself. Long enough for the terrorist to involve his hand in the explosion, not long enough for him to save his balls.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                            • J jon-nyc
                              17 Sept 2024, 15:17

                              I hope there was a 2 second delay between the detonation message and the detonation itself. Long enough for the terrorist to involve his hand in the explosion, not long enough for him to save his balls.

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:21 last edited by
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                              @jon-nyc I’d bet the IDF thought of that. Hope so anyway.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                bachophile
                                wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:22 last edited by
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                                word here is people where all paged with some message, giving a few seconds to look at it, then....surprise...
                                unconfirmed report that the iranian ambassador to Lebanon also had a pager

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                                  bachophile
                                  wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:27 last edited by
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                                  you gotta admit, its original. not strategically game changing, but letting them feel they are completely transparent to Israeli Luxembourg's intelligence (no official claim of responsibility here)

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:35 last edited by
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                                    It would seem that the time to do this would be <24 hours before a major escalation.

                                    Any bets?

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:36 last edited by
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                                      its possible....strike while the irons hot

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 15:42 last edited by
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                                        ANd while they can't coordinate their defense/response.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                        • J jon-nyc
                                          17 Sept 2024, 15:42

                                          ANd while they can't coordinate their defense/response.

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                                          LuFins Dad
                                          wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 16:02 last edited by
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                                          @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers:

                                          ANd while they can't coordinate their defense/response.

                                          That’s a good point, I was thinking the reverse. Hezbollah planning a major offensive? Disrupt it by by blowing up their communications (and a few hands and crotches)…

                                          The Brad

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