These were all new pagers from a recent shipment. I’m assuming they had plastic explosives inserted before shipment. I doubt they could induce a battery explosion. Motorola pagers - don’t know exact model here - probably have Ni-MH batteries not Li ion, and they would be significantly less likely to explode.Two scenarios i can think of here
1) Mosaad sold pre-made pagers with bombs inside them. They worked as intended but had planted explosives in them. Israel tracked the phones and once enough were initiated and being used the then attacked.
2) They sent a virus to the phones causing their batteries to overheat and explode. The implications of this are very scary. This means technology exists to blow up phones in airplanes etc. We all carry them with us all the time. And if they can do it to a pager they can do it to a cell phone.
I've seen both ways discussed so not sure which one it was or possibly even another method?
I’ve seen this tossed around in a handful of places. Cell phones would be difficult to do this with at any sort of scale for several reasons.This. Pandora's box was just opened. Even if this was through the supply chain, the idea has been hatched.
Agree that is the most likely scenario.I’ve seen this tossed around in a handful of places. Cell phones would be difficult to do this with at any sort of scale for several reasons.
I very seriously doubt this had anything to do with battery discharge or induced overheating to cause an explosion. This was done after manufacture and prior to delivery and involved explosives and some sort of wireless frequency transmission.
I'd add one bullet point to the end of your list.This is awesome. If Israel actually pulled off:
- Leveraging the killing of Hezbollah COS to create a shift in communication technology
- Sabotaging a mass order of new communication technology (pagers) heading to Hezbollah operatives
- Exploding said pagers en masse to create a mass injury/casualty event for Hezbollah operatives
That's a hell of a play. Way to go team Israel.
I'd add one bullet point to the end of your list.
- The videos uploaded to the internet documents and exposes who the terrorist are and who they are hanging out with. Unwittingly providing Mossad with more targets.
Good point. Israel probably had a technology consultant implanted to make the suggestion.This is awesome. If Israel actually pulled off:
- Leveraging the killing of Hezbollah COS to create a shift in communication technology
- Sabotaging a mass order of new communication technology (pagers) heading to Hezbollah operatives
- Exploding said pagers en masse to create a mass injury/casualty event for Hezbollah operatives
That's a hell of a play. Way to go team Israel.
Bit rich considering the source. Not a crime either. The precedent was already set. It was Natanz in ‘21. It was just confined to a highly secretive military installation and we don’t know how many died. Iran wanted it to go away.
Can you clarify what you mean by not a crime? What Israel did is either a crime or an act of war, however you want to consider it I suppose.Bit rich considering the source. Not a crime either. The precedent was already set. It was Natanz in ‘21. It was just confined to a highly secretive military installation and we don’t know how many died. Iran wanted it to go away.
It’s an act of war. The pagers were carried by members of Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. They paid a price for shitty OPSEC.Can you clarify what you mean by not a crime? What Israel did is either a crime or an act of war, however you want to consider it I suppose.