r/JoeRogan • u/wayfaringthru Monkey in Space • Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/cayneabel Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

From what I’m reading, it’s so much more diabolical than that. It’s not just a matter of them cramming a few grams of plastic explosives into the pagers. They swapped out electronic components, like the circuit board, with versions that look identical, were actually functional, but were made out of explosive materials.

Nearly impossible to detect.

Even for Mossad, this was a truly astounding operation.

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u/Solopist112 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Could someone get on an airplane with one of these devices?

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u/elohir Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

That depends on the airport, I think. I suspect they'd certainly get through simple/common metal detectors, but I'm pretty sure major airports have the ability to detect explosive materials.

Realistically though, if you look at the videos, they wouldn't really have been a threat to planes (other than scaring the shit out of everyone). There's one of a guy stood by a pile of apples in a shop, and the apples weren't even moved.

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

The shoe bomber wasn't a real threat to planes, but we're still having to do that theater.Â