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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
        #10

        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
                    #16

                    @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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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 16:10 last edited by
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                                  "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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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 17:22 last edited by
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                                    They got the idea from Walter White.

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 17:36 last edited by
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                                      wow! Crazy how that happened and how the Luxumburgese were able to do that.

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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 18:26 last edited by
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                                        Y'all are missing the obvious...

                                        If there was any doubt about who was who, the Israelis just created a wonderful hunting list. My goal would be to eradicate every one of them in six months.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 18:30 last edited by
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                                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                          -Cormac McCarthy

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