Explosive Batteries: Hezbollah's Ingenious Yet Dangerous Technology
The batteries of Hezbollah's walkie-talkies that exploded this week contained PETN, a highly explosive compound. The integration of the material into the battery pack made detection extremely challenging, according to a Lebanese source familiar with the device's components.
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Hezbollah's walkie-talkies, which exploded this week, contained batteries laced with PETN, a highly explosive compound, a Lebanese source acquainted with the device's components reported to Reuters.
The intricate integration of PETN into the battery packs rendered them extremely difficult to detect, the source added.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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