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> Weren’t they already selling pagers to Hezbollah? I don't have info about those specific models, but this is pagers and not rockets. If someone makes an orde

by mihaic 2y ago

> Weren’t they already selling pagers to Hezbollah? I don't have info about those specific models, but this is pagers and not rockets. If someone makes an order for 5000 units I can't image you'd have an expectation to do a background check with references. It's basically like ordering 5000 units of Raspberry Pi, would you consider that a military export?

PepperdineG 2y ago
Raspberry Pis ending up in Russian weapons used in Ukraine is currently an issue actually, which it's illegal to export them to Russia.
prepend 2y ago
For the US, at least, I am forced to confirm that those 5000 raspberry pis aren’t going to a terrorist organization. Isn’t the EU the same way? So it’s not that it’s a military export, but that it’s a sanctioned organization (Iran and Hezbollah).
- mihaic 2y ago
  How are you realistically able to do this though? It's not like they can't order batches to some neutral-country intermediary and then ship them from there.
  - fooker 2y ago
    It's about assigning liability and making it more difficult, not a definitive solution.
ryathal 2y ago
Communications equipment is commonly restricted for it's potential military use.