201dberg to World News · 2 days agoUpdate on the pager situation in Lebanon.imagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down10
arrow-up1167arrow-down1imageUpdate on the pager situation in Lebanon.201dberg to World News · 2 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareComradeSaladlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoIt wasn’t the batteries, the pagers were powered using standard double AA batteries. It was implanted bombs.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoHow do you overheat a standard AA battery? Just by shorting it?
minus-squareComradeSaladlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYou physically can’t, unless you have a defective battery or you short the wiring, but that’s oblivious as soon as you insert the battery. Overheating a double a battery also won’t do much. Is it dangerous? Yes. But it won’t be a violent explosion.
It wasn’t the batteries, the pagers were powered using standard double AA batteries. It was implanted bombs.
How do you overheat a standard AA battery? Just by shorting it?
You physically can’t, unless you have a defective battery or you short the wiring, but that’s oblivious as soon as you insert the battery. Overheating a double a battery also won’t do much. Is it dangerous? Yes. But it won’t be a violent explosion.