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A former British Army munitions expert told the BBC that the devices would have likely been packed with between 10 and 20 grams each of military-grade high explosive, hidden inside a fake electronic component. This would have been armed by a signal, something called an alphanumeric text message, according to the expert.
The pagers that exploded were new and had been bought by Hezbollah in recent months, a Lebanese security source told CNN.
The source did not provide any information on the exact date the pagers were purchased or their model.
A Hezbollah official told Associated Press that the pagers used by the group first heated up, then exploded
Per the guardian
Whyisthisstillclose
(81 posts)"Wow, my pager is blowing up!"
Richard D
(9,324 posts). . . as Moti Rola, a cousin of Eli Copter.
MarineCombatEngineer
(14,311 posts)Coventina
(27,847 posts)Richard D
(9,324 posts)The pagers were from the Iranian Tellerim Company, and arrived in Lebanon three months ago. This is unconfirmed.
newdeal2
(920 posts)Should make for an interesting read some day.