Monday, September 23, 2024

Pagers and other Electronic Booby-traps in War

 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/opinion/lebanon-pagers-israel-gaza-war-crimes.html

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/indian-born-entrepreneur-rinson-jose-pager-blasts-lebanon-hezbollah-9580070/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-hezbollah-pagers-were-detonated-individually-attackers-knew-who-and-where-the-target-was/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/world/video/pager-explosion-demonstration-digvid Even a small amount can pack such a death-punch. 

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/18/pagers-explosives-history-booby-traps-electronics This is very nasty tech, but it's really been around for quite a while.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwan-firm-denies-making-pagers-used-lebanon-explosions-rcna171594

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-hand-manufacturing-pagers-exploded-lebanon-source/story?id=113851347

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/

The Smartphone_kill_switch could take on a whole new connotation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_pill Its one thing to kill an electronic device, but now there will be more of a concern that a person could be killed along with the communications device. 

Each side of a conflict can take a weapon, modify it and then continue to use it against each other. 

Rush - The Weapon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCRVbH9vZrA


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