How the pagers in Lebanon exploded at the same time. Pager explosions explained! What is a pager?

This morning's news headlines- "Hezbollah terrorists and the Iranian ambassador are among thousands injured after pagers exploded across Lebanon".

[ModelA]

*** Those complaining that I didn't explain HOW a pager can blow up, listen to the end of the video. I clearly stated "Rigged with an explosive". If you program a pager with multiple cap codes, one ignites an explosive either inside or a case made of a stable plastic explosive, THAT is how.

[garylangley]

I rented a pager when my wife was expecting our first child. That was 33 years ago this month!

[stephenwlodarczyk]

If this is done at a manufacturing level than none of our devices are safe and they have just exposed that they can do this to all of us if they so choose.

[ghulamabbas]

New batch of pagers got tampered with at some point in supply chain.

[drowe]

I laughed when I saw “what is a pager”. Tech is moving very fast

[mbrenengen]

From NYT:

Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

[Savagepublic]

Interestingly, American Medical University of Beirut replaced all old pagers devices with new ones only 2 weeks ago.

[consultant]

There had to have been small explosives planted in the devices that would only detonate upon receiving a specific number. Guess this is going to make people think twice about electric cars whose batteries are already sufficiently explosive.

[kzaeytzev]

They must have been rigged with explosives. I highly doubt that battery overheating is responsible because from the footage, it looked as if they exploded instantly.

[JH-ptih]

Clickbait. Says nothing about how the pagers could be exploding (so big). Just tells what a pager is and basic concept.

[SteveSmith]

My Alexa has just told me to run and has started counting down from 10 !!!

[mbrenengen]

So, they were built and sold with the explosive? Or did some normally-inert element in them explode? There is a lot of planning and time that went into this. Who else is walking around with devices that can be remotely exploded? Should we in the US be concerned?

[ModelARickLasCruces]

Wow, didn't know that! Gave up my pager in the 1990s when I switched to a cell phone.

[mypalfootfoot]

Look at the videos of the damage the pagers caused, one AA battery is not going to cause that kind of damage and for 100's of pagers to go off simultaneously, it had to be an explosive, battery explosions would not be consistent. The plan to insert an explosive charge in so many pagers and have them distributed to bad actors in Lebanon, could only be accomplished by an agency with substantial resources.

[Madjed]

2800 people in Lebanon were injured among who 200 in intensive care and 8 died among whom a girl of 8 years old. Whoever did this orchestrated evil action is a criminal

[Bass_Nomad.]

Looks like Israeli's offered some quality pagers for a really good price! It even had free hidden features.

[Jacob-M]

Still don’t know, how they explode ? Unless some exploding material someone put it inside?

[stephenedgecock]

"ahh the old exploding pager trick" - Maxwell Smart

[TheGiuse]

i fear for the IQ of people that say the batteries exploded

[erichansen]

I worked in IT for a leading paging service provider company in 2001. Motorola manufactured these two-way pagers used mostly by Hospital staff. Our COO was killed onboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11 2001. Was Israel to blame? Who will Israel strike next with exploding pagers or passenger planes? Are we all potential targets by Israel to have our personal communication devices explode? Who manufactured the exploding pagers that detonated in Lebanon? Who supplied those pagers to Lebanon? How many civilians were injured or killed? How do you isolate detonation to Hezbollah members pagers only? Why are we seeing injured or killed children being carried off from the crime scenes?