CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoIDF replaced their standard issue M26A2 frag grenade apparentlysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1imageIDF replaced their standard issue M26A2 frag grenade apparentlysh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoSome research earlier today suggested that some specific model may even have alkaline batteries, which are less thermal runaway-ey than lithium ions. I’m just seriously impressed that someone could get enough explosive into the package and still have a functional pager that didn’t set off alarms.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoMy dad had an on call pager back in the day that ran on AA batteries. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/528326/israel-planted-explosives-in-hezbollah-s-taiwan-made-pagers-sources-say This has some more details about how it was supposedly done.
Some research earlier today suggested that some specific model may even have alkaline batteries, which are less thermal runaway-ey than lithium ions.
I’m just seriously impressed that someone could get enough explosive into the package and still have a functional pager that didn’t set off alarms.
My dad had an on call pager back in the day that ran on AA batteries.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/528326/israel-planted-explosives-in-hezbollah-s-taiwan-made-pagers-sources-say
This has some more details about how it was supposedly done.