> I think possibly this is Israel sticking a dagger in Chinese manufacturing. Based on the small amount of information available, hard to say. Reuters (https:/

> I think possibly this is Israel sticking a dagger in Chinese manufacturing. Based on the small amount of information available, hard to say. Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-exp...) quotes one device as made in Japan, so seemingly goes beyond Chinese manufacturing. Probably some point along the import/export that got hit instead? > Images of the exploded walkie-talkies examined by Reuters showed an inside panel labeled "ICOM" and "made in Japan." > According to its website, ICOM is a Japan-based radio communications and telephone company. > The company has said that production of several models of the ICOM hand-held radio have been discontinued, including the IC-V82, which appeared to closely match those in images from Lebanon on Wednesday and which was phased out in 2014. > The hand-held radios were purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same time that the pagers were bought, said a security source.