How did the pagers explode? As Lebanon reels from the attack, speculation has mounted on how low-tech wireless communication devices could have been exploited. Citing American and other officials briefed on the operation,the New York Times reportedTuesday that Israel hid explosives ...
Former CIA director John Brennan joins TODAY to discuss the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon. He also weighs in on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to "vanquish" Hamas and Hezbollah. “I wish that he would use more time and effort to try to see whet...
The batteries inside the weaponized pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles' heel. The agents who built the pagers designed abattery that concealed a...
[ How did hundreds of pagers explode suddenly? Experts note two types of attackOpens in new window ] Danny, a 36-year-old from a Christian town north of Beirut described the attack as “unprovoked”. He said he had sympathy for the non-Hizbullah victims and that organ...
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Mobile phones have made pagers less popular than they were in the mid-1990s, but paging (or radio paging, to give it its full name) is still a vitally important form of sending messages—especially for doctors and emergency workers. Let's take a look at how it works!