Batteries of Lebanon walkie-talkies contained PETN explosive - Lebanese source

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Batteries of Lebanon walkie-talkies contained PETN explosive - Lebanese source

Reuters
Fri, September 20, 2024 at 6:42 AM EDT·1 min read

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device's components told Reuters.

The way the explosive material was integrated into the battery pack made it extremely difficult to detect, the source said.

Hundreds of walkie-talkies used by the group exploded on Wednesday, a day after thousands of Hezbollah's pagers detonated across the group's strongholds in Lebanon.

Pictures of the walkie-talkies that had exploded showed labels reading "ICOM" and "made in Japan". Icom has said it halted production a decade ago of the radio models identified in the attack, and that most of those still on sale were counterfeit.

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1. Wild, I have an ICOM portable radio I bought for my time sailing.

I bought it retail 15 years ago, so reckon it’s safe. 😐