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The Large-Scale War in Lebanon May Have Begun

JosephCox
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Israel blew up the pagers of hundreds of senior Hezbollah officers, apparently seriously wounding quite a few. Although the method is unorthodox, I imagine this sort of attack on communications would normally be followed up with a large-scale assault.

I hope the effect on Lebanon is as minimal as it can be while Hezbollah is eradicated from amongst them. This sort of extremely targeted attack bodes well. And, of course, I pray for the safety of our soldiers and the residents of our cities - all of whom are in range of Hezbollah rockets.

Stay tuned.

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  • Dr. Bastiat@drbastiat

    Golly.

    I have questions:

    1. How does one "blow up a pager"? They're not explosive.
    2. I didn't know that pagers still existed. They weren't using cell phones?
    3. If Israel has such control over the communication systems of their enemies, wouldn't it be better to take care not to damage them? You can't eavesdrop on devices after you destroy them.
  • Bunsen@Bunsen
    ReplyingtoDr. Bastiat

    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    Golly.

    I have questions:

    1. How does one “blow up a pager”? They’re not explosive.
    2. I didn’t know that pagers still existed. They weren’t using cell phones?
    3. If Israel has such control over the communication systems of their enemies, wouldn’t it be better to take care not to damage them? You can’t eavesdrop on devices after you destroy them.

    This is wild as I just received an update from WSJ about this very thing. Apparently the terrorists just received a new shipment of pagers so I suspect these pagers did have explosives in them. Would these be considered precision weapons?

  • JosephCox@JosephCox
    ReplyingtoDr. Bastiat

    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    Golly.

    I have questions:

    1. How does one “blow up a pager”? They’re not explosive.

    I suspect this is similar to the Nantaz explosion. In that case Israel managed to supply the concrete that was itself explosive. I suspect Israel was the actual supplier of these devices.

    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    1. I didn’t know that pagers still existed. They weren’t using cell phones?

    My guess is they were using custom stupid phones to avoid being tracked.

    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    1. If Israel has such control over the communication systems of their enemies, wouldn’t it be better to take care not to damage them? You can’t eavesdrop on devices after you destroy them.

    That is true, which is why I think a big assault is coming. You only get to do this once. I suspect they've been listening for a very long time.

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