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.

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.