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[–]oneAngrySonOfaBitch 115 points116 points ago

How many EEs looked up the components ?

i thought it'd be an opamp or transistor driving the relay but they used an optocouple .

[–]sevenbitbyte 41 points42 points ago

Terrorist operate in war zones mcgyvering IEDs out of anything handy why would you expect them to follow good engineering practices?

First thought about the optocouple is that they were trying to prevent flyback from damaging the phone side of the circuit(maybe they try to recover the phones) but I think more likely it was just that the optocouple was easy to source/scrounge.

[–]oneAngrySonOfaBitch 10 points11 points ago

you're absolutely right. It was probably lying around, salvaged from other electronics.

[–]DinaDinaDinaBatman 37 points38 points ago

hence the I in IED

[–]herpina_tsoukalos 11 points12 points ago

a staff sergeant who was with us in musuqalah used to make fun of us when we'd say shit like "damn, can't believe they put a bomb in a puppy."

"improvisation Marines, they adapt and overcome too."

[–]Redknight69 9 points10 points ago

Holy shit, bombs in puppies? Sick fucking bastards! Give em hell for me!

[–]nomofica 13 points14 points ago

Over there, dogs are like rats - and they treat them as such. Many IEDs are stuffed inside dead animals on the side of the road. I've heard of IEDs being stuffed inside dead people, too.

[–]AJ099909 9 points10 points ago

Yeah, I operated the arm on a Buffalo MPCV dug into some nasty shit...

[–]Lord_NiteShade 8 points9 points ago

Does it feel bad knowing you sided with the Decepticons?

[–]AJ099909 5 points6 points ago

so much shame...

[–]hmd810 2 points3 points ago

Is this an older Buff? Ours in Iraq last year had an RPG cage on the front and EFP armor on each side and a CROW system up top.

[–]AJ099909 0 points1 point ago

I don't know, it's a stock photo. I've had buffs with no cage basic buff to the super buff with cage, air blaster, crow though

[–]herpina_tsoukalos 0 points1 point ago

Ya, puppies. ಠ_ಠ

Those heartless bastards.

[–]TheSov 8 points9 points ago

pfft wrong it was designed that way so it was reusable...note the NOKIA on the top of the phone. that bomb went off see, the phone protected the electronics.

[–]thebbman 5 points6 points ago

Well of course they recover the phones. That there is a Nokia. Things are indestructible.

[–]Zwitterions 1 point2 points ago

This is a fact. True story: my mom thought she lost hers once (looked identical to the one in the picture). Turns out she dropped it in the snow when she got out of the car and we estimated it had been ran over a total of 6 times (based on how many times we left and went that day.)

We found it the next day when the snow had melted a little bit and it worked just fine.

[–]kaduceus 9 points10 points ago

I'm sorry but I can't really agree with you pinning this person as a "terrorist". A terrorist terrorizes. Uses random seemingly pointless attacks to strike psychological fear into an otherwise overwhelming enemy. Pin pricks here and there on sensitive areas. Focusing on chaos and fear.

Remember how scared everyone was of flying after 9/11? That was terrorism.

I'm sure everyone in the UK was scared to get on the tube as well.

That's terrorism.

I can not agree and go along with this country's portrayal of every enemy to America as a "terrorist". It's too "1984"-ish for me. It blurs the line. "Anonymous" is now labelled a terrorist organization. What if they revoke the 2nd ammendment? And you wanted to keep your guns? They'd probably try and label you a terrorist.

Terrorist != enemy

A fighter who engineers IEDs against American coalition forces is more aptly named an insurgent. Or I don't fucking know.... an Afghani bad guy? What the fuck I don't fucking know.

A terrorist? No.

noun

1.

the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.

2.

the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.

3.

a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

Was Bin Laden a terrorist? Absolutely.

But this is war. These are soldiers. Soldiers on both sides. Every enemy who tries to kill an American soldier in a war isn't a terrorist. They're just "the enemy".

fuck

[–]kklusmeier 11 points12 points ago

Except for one problem...

Article 3 of Convention 1 of the Geneva Convention:

In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:

  • (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:

  • (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;

The 'soldiers' do this...

  • (b) taking of hostages;

...and this...

  • (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;

... and this...

  • (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.

...and this...

  • (2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.

...and they dont do this.

This makes them illegal combatants and thus, as they are not soldiers or 'insurgents' (which is synonymous with rebel which refers to a resisting force against an occupying power- which also happens to be convered provided that they are sanctioned by a government of some type), the only name left for them is terrorists, which is what they are.

Here is the definition of a legal 'resistance movment'

Art 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea belonging to the following categories:

  • (1) Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict, as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.

  • (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:

  • (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;

  • (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;

  • (c) that of carrying arms openly;

  • (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

  • (3) Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a Government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.

  • (4) Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany.

  • (5) Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft of the Parties to the conflict, who do not benefit by more favourable treatment under any other provisions of international law.

  • (6) Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory who, on the approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.

TL;DR: The people we are killing are in fact illegal combatants according to the Geneva Convention, and so terrorist is the correct word.

Ninja Edit: Source

Ninja Edit2: Formatting for an easier read.

[–]poopious 2 points3 points ago

Then what about waterboarding? That would make us the terrorists.

[–]kklusmeier 2 points3 points ago

Water boarding is not illegal in this case because they are not enemy soldiers. They are terrorists - criminals - which do not fall under the Geneva Convention.

This doesn't mean that I agree with water boarding, in fact, I am violently opposed to the whole practice, but this is not an international matter, but rather an internal policy matter.

See Article 3 Point 1 of Convention 1 for more details, specifically WHO the Geneva convention applies to.

Read the point carefully- it specifies enemy combatants who have laid down their arms. Terrorists are not legal enemy combatants because they do not obey the other rules of war.

[–]Tennessean 0 points1 point ago

My only problem with all of that is the requirement that arms be carried openly and that combatants must be visibly marked at a distance as the opposing force.

Sounds like a retarded way to fight a guerrilla war. Let's say the Soviets parachute into east Tennessee with overwhelming numerical superiority. There's not a chance in hell that I'm going to do them the favor of matching around in uniform. Would I be a terrorist.

I'm good with the rest of the rules.

[–]lumpignon 1 point2 points ago

The Geneva convention doesn't define them as illegal combatants except by omission, so it's not "according to the Geneva Convention".

I agree with you, but I can understand how the Taliban may consider themselves in "armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against colonial domination and alien occupation and against racist regimes in the exercise of their right of self-determination" (Geneva Convention Protocol I Article 1 Paragraph 4).

It's not that clear cut, it depends on your political view. From their perspective, they were thrown out of power by invading forces.

I think the correct view in this particular case is your one, mostly because they have broken so many items in the convention that it's ridiculous to even argue the point on whether in this case they should still be supported by it. However, we need to leave the door open a bit for future cases where people carry out such activities against true bad guys.

[–]perfectshot29 1 point2 points ago

I thought it would be the centrometer going through the pintograph but after I reviewed the courselocks it turns out to be a difusalitionator.

[–]HansVonBurger 75 points76 points ago

[–]Sapratz 11 points12 points ago

yea I was really wondering why they were using light for this

[–]batquux 25 points26 points ago

They had the part on hand.

[–]jungleboogiemonster 6 points7 points ago

It reduces the risk of static electricity setting off the explosive.

[–]ButtersCreamyGoo 2 points3 points ago

I think this is the right answer. Having the transistor base isolated from the outside world would make this safer for the bomb maker.

[–]Ozera 2 points3 points ago

Not an EE here just a tech person.

At first I thought the chip was an attiny85, but there aren't enough pins. I am curious though!

[–]matts_work_account 2 points3 points ago

There are literally tens of thousands of different chips in that package, with just about every conceivable purpose. If you use chips enough, you'll start to recognize manufacturers (an ATtiny would always have an Atmel logo), as well as common part numbers, many of which are semi-consistent between manufacturers.

[–]Ozera 5 points6 points ago

Matt, get back to work >.<

[–]matts_work_account 8 points9 points ago

<itguy>I'm making sure the internet works </itguy>

[–]j__h 1 point2 points ago

There is not any reason to use a microcontroller here.

[–]tehkillerbee 2 points3 points ago

I think it makes sense why they used an optocoupler, if the relay is controlled by the vibrator motor or speaker, it does make sense why they would want to (optically) isolate the two different circuits, since the relay would be driven by a higher voltage. Furthermore, the output used from the phone may not be meant for driving a transistor, so this may not have been an option.

[–]dtfgator 1 point2 points ago

The vibrator motor power is sufficient for saturating a MOSFET, which would be far better for switching the relay regardless.

[–]Lock_Jaw 0 points1 point ago

What the real challenge here is.. What is the value of the resistor?

[–]dtfgator 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I found the same thing. The circuit here is REALLY shitty. This is a model for what NOT to do, and that's probably a good thing. Lets hope they don't discover MCU's any time soon, or we are going to see bombs with fake wires to prevent tampering.

[–]Canadian_Infidel 9 points10 points ago

You don't understand. This is what happens when all you have for components are what you can smash out of household items.

[–]dtfgator 3 points4 points ago

An Opamp and a MOSFET would be far easier to find in a trashed computer / tv / toy than an optoisolator. The writers of the "How to be an Islamic Terrorist Handbook" probably just found a part that worked and went with it, without really knowing the electronics behind it, and this was just following that guide.

[–]Canadian_Infidel 0 points1 point ago

Fair enough. Same mindset. Although you have to remember that they are probably using everything they can find so all the good components are probably gone over.

[–]Zacish 4 points5 points ago

fake wires wouldn't really be a problem. All the wire cutting (in the british army anyway) is done using remote wire cutters

[–]TheTruthYouHate1 0 points1 point ago

It wouldn't have mattered if it was built perfectly, that's not what stopped it from going off.

[–]tehkillerbee 1 point2 points ago

Why would you say this circuit is shitty? The design itself or the choice of components?

[–]djlewt 5 points6 points ago

Nice try, terrorist.

[–]wh3at13y 0 points1 point ago

its a very good thing seeing that it didn't go off

[–]Langly- 0 points1 point ago

I want to know what the other circuit below the relay is.

[–]LetsTryScience 3 points4 points ago

[–]pope_formosus 9 points10 points ago

You can find almost any transistor in packages like that. Also many voltage regulators. That package is useful because it can be screwed onto a heat sink (that's what the little hole is for).

TL;DR: Can't assume it's a MOSFET just because it's in that package.

[–]ceritul 2 points3 points ago

MOSFET is one of my favorite acronyms. I also like VHDL: Very High Density Integrated Circuit Hardware Definition Language. Such a mouth full.

[–]wh3at13y 1 point2 points ago

sadly i did i couldn't help it

[–]Slukaj 0 points1 point ago

I'm working through my CS class covering architecture right now, and it hit me:

"Holy shit, I could probably do the same thing with our lab kits."

[–]AhhhClem 0 points1 point ago

4N35, you didn't know what it was?

[–]Umkhombo 61 points62 points ago

Have you checked the voice mail?

[–]nailPuppy 45 points46 points ago

Its probably just someone yelling "Allahu Akbar!"

[–]Umkhombo 53 points54 points ago

The person calling hears: "The explosive you are calling is currently unavailable. Please try again later"

Voice mail: "Fuck! Shit! No! Don't move! Please don't move! No! No! Don't pick it up! You'll ruin the surprise! See, now you ruined the surprise. Is that a predator drone...?"

[–]verkon 4 points5 points ago

That would be hilarious. I can image the insurgents being like "Hey, Omar, it went to voice mail, what do I do?"
"I don't know, say something, not like anyone will listen to it"
"Oh ok then, "Allahu Akbar!" how about that?"
"Why'd you say that?"
"I don't know, seemed fitting and all, you know."

[–]Hovertac 0 points1 point ago

[–]SupersonicCicada 504 points505 points ago

Explosive was contained inside the Nokia case. It actually functioned correctly. The case, however, completely contained the explosion.

Take away: Terrorists should use shittier phones for their IEDs.

[–]nariox 200 points201 points ago

[–]JonathanWarner 80 points81 points ago

That could NOT have made it onto American tv.

[–]HocusThePocus 19 points20 points ago

The ad never went on air.

[–]IByrdl 14 points15 points ago

I wonder why.

[–]herpina_tsoukalos 0 points1 point ago

It's only interesting when there are pieces of dead Americans around it, or if we leveled a city block because we're pissed we found it.

[–]thatissomeBS 44 points45 points ago

If it was, I would have been instantly on my way to a Volkswagen dealership to give them a peace piece of my... wallet.

Edit: I'm dumb.

[–]ImThinkingRBs 0 points1 point ago

Lol "peace" I want to know how grammar Nazis of reddit missed this for 7 hours.

[–]Niqulaz 7 points8 points ago

That was part of the era where viral marketing was based on "lol look how edgy we were, unfortunately our ad never made it to tv and was leaked online!" and people were idiots and gobbled it all up.

[–]slidinglight 9 points10 points ago

Nope, it was a "spec" ad made to promote the creators. Wasn't leaked by VW or commissioned by them: http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/vwpolo.asp

[–]antonvowl 2 points3 points ago

It didn't make it onto tv anywhere.

[–]metarinka 0 points1 point ago

It was a concept project for an ad agency, VW didn't endorse it.

[–]dyljm2 8 points9 points ago

Um.

[–]Trivalodyssey 4 points5 points ago

This reminds me of the VW advert Jeremy Clarkson made.

[–]Sixxtwo 2 points3 points ago

From Berlin to Warsaw in one tank!

Series 13 Episode 7

[–]ramsau 1 point2 points ago

Did they use the German SatNav that only goes to Poland?

[–]onionkimm 7 points8 points ago

911 views

[–]jasnoonan 1 point2 points ago

"should have taken the bus"

[–]SanchoPandas 1 point2 points ago

Well THAT was unexpected.

[–]ADavies 1 point2 points ago

Shit. Check out the view number. I am going to hell just for watching that commercial... http://imgur.com/GeSKs

[–]gmnitsua 4 points5 points ago

So it blew up inside the phone, but didn't destroy the phone?

[–]whoblowsthere 23 points24 points ago

He was joking, you know how indestructible Nokia phones are.

[–]gmnitsua 32 points33 points ago

I'm a fucking idiot.

[–]time2303 6 points7 points ago

It's okay, you still have more upvotes than downvotes.

[–]ChappyWagon 2 points3 points ago

Don't feel bad. I too pictured a firecracker-sized explosion inside the phone.

[–]light24bulbs -1 points0 points ago

Mhm. IEDs do not need to pick up the call in order to explode. Think about it: how would that possibly help. Calling it is enough. The voltage from the ringing of the phone is used to trigger the explosive I believe. Can anyone else corroborate?

[–]Blame_The_Green 37 points38 points ago

Can you imagine if the person building this device got a spam text message from the carrier during construction? That would be fantastic.

[–]DarkKobold 8 points9 points ago

Why would you be a suicide bomber if you had a remote detonator? You don't... actually need to be attached to it.

[–]tyme 19 points20 points ago

It may be that someone else was detonating the bomb remotely to ensure she didn't chicken out? I don't know...that's the only logical conclusion I can come to.

[–]MattieF 7 points8 points ago

I have heard of that happening.

[–]TheTruthYouHate1 1 point2 points ago

They always work in pairs. Mostly because they almost always videotape their attacks, but also to make sure the attack actually happens, like tyme said.

[–]dorekk 0 points1 point ago

I'm not a suicide bomber, but in every book I've ever read that has suicide bombers (mostly well-researched books), they do it this way.

[–]pants6000 -1 points0 points ago

That's not a suicide bomb, that's consensual homicide bomb.

[–]Cephelopodia 7 points8 points ago

They build remotes into them and give the switch to the suicide bomber's handler. That way, if the guy wearing the bomb grows a brain and says, "Screw this crazy shit, I'm going to go start a cactus farm or something" and leaves like he's not going through with the bombing anymore, the handler blows him up. Also, the vests have special zippers on them that only go one way and lock shut. Once someone zips on that thing, they will die.

[–]DarkKobold 2 points3 points ago

Wow. Uh, still seems somewhat pointless. Couldn't a suitcase wheeled in, and detonated 60 seconds later, allowing the person doing it to get away? It seems like if you were a crazy fringe group, blowing up your own supporters wouldn't be in your best interests.

Also, bombing in general seems like a fairly stupid way to get people to understand your point.

[–]Cephelopodia 18 points19 points ago

Most people who resort to this kind of terrorism are in the marginalized portions of a society. Maybe they've tried the official avenues of communication, and maybe that's not worked for them (usually because they're crazy and nobody wants to buy what they're selling.) Maybe there just aren't enough of them to confront a numerically, technologically, or otherwise superior force. Maybe they're just assholes who want to kill people.

As far as the suicide bomber design, it's not stupid at all from their perspective. People are an outstanding guidance system. If the bomber is committed (a given, assuming the vest is on to begin with,) he'll get to the target. He's got the dead man vest on, and he's got nothing else to lose. If they leave it to blow up later, on the other hand, there's always a chance it's discovered and thwarted.

People are also cheap to them, as are the parts for the vest. You don't need to pay a suicide bomber anything beyond the bomb he wears to his death.

That, and having a person blow him- or herself up is a hell of a statement. It's scary, is it not? Does the idea of a guy with a bomb vest on, charging at you with arms wide open, smiling wide, ready to bear hug you not scare you just a bit more than a ticking suitcase under a table? Remember, it's terrorism. Fear is the objective, not necessarily the physical damage done.

People have accomplished much by setting themselves on fire. Self destructive? Yeah. But now you've spoken much more loudly than you would have by conventional means, and you've brought your agenda to the world stage.

The idea of a lot of terrorism isn't often to do actual, strategic damage. It's to call attention to whatever agenda they have. So, having someone blow up people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time may not have a legitimate, strategic or tactical goal and may not weaken their enemy in any practical sense.

But, it will get covered in the media and people will pay attention, especially if it is somewhere close to home. Even unintentionally, the media in this case plays right into the role that terrorists want them to take.

It's dangerous to write terrorists off as "just crazy people." Their message is crazy, yes, but the worst of them do know what the hell they're doing. They need to be taken seriously. The suicide bomber, for them, makes sense. For us, who want to go on living and not be a dick to other people, it seems to be the height of insanity, but its SOP for people who are that devoted.

[–]MattieF 4 points5 points ago

It seems like if you were a crazy fringe group, blowing up your own supporters wouldn't be in your best interests.

It creates martyrs that everyone else can sit around and admire, inspiring the next person to take the leap. Given the much higher success rate, the ability to steer the explosion directly to where ti can cause the most damage, it's probably an effective tactic.

[–]ggaspari 4 points5 points ago

That assumes suicide bombers use things like logic and reason.

[–]horseyhorseyhorsey 0 points1 point ago

Once someone zips on that thing, they will die.

unless of course they have a pair of scissors or a knife. or a biro

[–]daxattacks 0 points1 point ago

Most "suicide bombers" are in fact murder victims.

[–]Pyro_With_A_Lighter 2 points3 points ago

I think i read somewhere that in Iraq or Afghanistan that phone companies send more texts to their customers to help prevent ieds or something along those lines.

[–]542east 1 point2 points ago

[–]AhhhClem 0 points1 point ago

It is SOP for bomb makers to incorporate a ARM function into a detonator. I would use the kind that has a long string attached to a shorting closure for a big boom boomer.

[–]ANakedBear 223 points224 points ago

The Joke is that the bomb actually went off but because it is a nokia, the phone was ok.

[–]Squatso 66 points67 points ago

Oh, I thought it was just, "Hey look how lucky we are, the call never triggered the bomb."

[–]raaaargh_stompy 20 points21 points ago

Yes, this is obviously the theme of the picture, you are correct. The others above you are either joking or not the sharpest knife in the block.

[–]Squatso 2 points3 points ago

Both make sense so I'm going to believe both 100%.

[–]mtd14 2 points3 points ago

You can't blame them though, because being forced into a block can sure dull a knife

[–]ANakedBear 1 point2 points ago

It was intended as a joke. I am surprised that people thought that i was being serious.

[–]Punksworth 23 points24 points ago

Thanks for actually explaining this. All I see here is an old phone with a circuit board attached to it.

[–]Anaract 3 points4 points ago

I sincerely really needed this. thank you

[–]tomdarch 0 points1 point ago

So this was recovered several kilometers from the explosion...

[–]SimilarImage 44 points45 points ago

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[–]Ultramerican 19 points20 points ago

Is that a Cherry MX Blue?

[–]pbj192 9 points10 points ago

well fuck that's a waste of a good switch

[–]Ultramerican 11 points12 points ago

I know. Here I am typing on my work keyboard with rubber membranes like a peasant, and third-world terrorists are just throwing away MX Blue switches in IEDs.

[–]pbj192 5 points6 points ago

They must all have topres over there

[–]yapzilla 0 points1 point ago

bush had no child left behind,

saddam gave all the kids hhkb

[–]Diego_Rivera 1 point2 points ago

nope

[–]Spartann30 7 points8 points ago

Counter-Terrorists Win

[–]flashtone 22 points23 points ago

do do do dooo dooo do do do BOOM!

[–]votesgoup 39 points40 points ago

Thats actually the text message alert tone because its "SMS" in morse code. The more you know...

[–]yojex 16 points17 points ago

The morse you know...

FTFY

[–]Mid-KnightRider 5 points6 points ago

woah. TIL.
for the lazy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code

[–]Umkhombo 0 points1 point ago

A little extra knowledge never hurts.

[–]hatkid 1 point2 points ago

Yep, and if you add an extra dooo then it turns into "SOS".

[–]JohnAbruzzi -1 points0 points ago

[–]bassistmuzikman 32 points33 points ago

People would be dying to answer that call.

[–]Legion3382 7 points8 points ago

I always wondered why they used Nokia's for bombs. I now realize its because they can reuse the phone 100's of times.

[–]twinn47 4 points5 points ago

Wow, it took way too long for me to figure out what is going on here.

[–]HaveADream 1 point2 points ago

Explain?

[–]HothMonster 5 points6 points ago

That phone was hooked up to a bomb, when the phone rang the bomb would explode. That gentleman is in the military and he or someone on his team removed the phone from the bomb just before the bomber called to set it off.

[–]timbartimbar 4 points5 points ago

That phone doesn't even have a camera. How are you supposed to take pictures and ad captions and blow them up?

[–]wretcheddawn 5 points6 points ago

How are you supposed instagram your attack?

[–]OPein 69 points70 points ago

[–]MrDorkESQ 19 points20 points ago

I remember seeing it on Boing Boing in 2005, and countless times elsewhere since.

[–]Stratocaster89 2 points3 points ago

I read that as a Boeing 2005, like a plane model. Welp thats enough beer for tonight.

[–]TuckedNip 2 points3 points ago

It's 5:25 pm where I am, so I just read that as you getting completely hammered all day to the point of not knowing what time it is.

[–]borkedddd 11 points12 points ago

[–]TzarKrispie 6 points7 points ago

Buddy of mine got back from Afghanistan few months back, linked him this pic. He said they would often find this situation w wired up phones having missed calls. He said part of his job was to hump around a microwave signal jammer in his pack for this exact reason. It would disrupt cellphone transmissions and after they had removed a phone from an IED, the IED phone would get a belated "missed call" alert.

Fkn. Chilling.

[–]thunderclapper 1 point2 points ago

The phones were usually called by someone nearby with line of sight. That way, they could detonate at precise timing. These things aren't meant to be set to explode at specified times since our convoys and patrols aren't always clockwork.

A lot of people here are under the assumption that the phone itself is the bomb. It's not. It's hooked up to the explosive component but the phone itself is the detonator.

And the reason it's a nokia in the photo is because they could be obtained in bulk easier than other models.

/former army

[–]TzarKrispie 1 point2 points ago

simple solution for limited resources.

[–]maruraba -1 points0 points ago

I don't get "missed call alerts" when I miss a call because I have no reception! Are you telling me that cell services in the Arab Peninsula offer features that I can't get in CONUS?

[–]Rad_Spencer 4 points5 points ago

That phone would have absorbed the blast.

[–]porkytool 2 points3 points ago

damn you!! you beat me to the comment. but i still give you an upvote dear friend

[–]22Saugus22 1 point2 points ago

REPOST.

[–]keatonch 3 points4 points ago

They search for and reuse the nokias after the blast

[–]Reaper91394 3 points4 points ago

Makes me want to drive around iraq and just randomly start calling iraqi cell phone numbers, see if i can make any explode on them setting up ieds

[–]herpina_tsoukalos 0 points1 point ago

the Iraqis spend far more time openly assaulting one another these days.

[–]Einstine1984 3 points4 points ago

I assume it set of an IED which did go off and the Nokia survived it?

[–]edoran 2 points3 points ago

Nokia should change their line of business to building oil rigs or civil engineering.

[–]LoveWhatYouFear 3 points4 points ago

Obviously the red and green wire were hooked up backwards on the flux capacitor.

[–]MojoGigolo 1 point2 points ago

Holy fucking repost Batman.

[–]skunkmunkyxboxjunkie 2 points3 points ago

Ninja defuse!

[–]Sandbox47 -1 points0 points ago

Aww. I feel kinda sad and proud at the same time. I don't even know why ...

[–]Rielos 2 points3 points ago

Terrifying. Ugh

[–]gamblingwithhobos 2 points3 points ago

next time they must use a 3310 and throw it on the Victim

[–]apextek 1 point2 points ago

so to stop the detonator do you just take the nokia battery out?

[–]Modernpower 1 point2 points ago

"Can you hear me now"

[–]rreddittorr 1 point2 points ago

Whoa, I had a that exact same model once. And let me tell you something, it's one tough mother fucker.

[–]VoiceOfRealson 1 point2 points ago

Well Duh!

They probably damaged the Buzzer when they hooked up the wires, so they couldn't hear the phone ringing.

I am surprised they only missed one call that way.

[–]ThisOpenFist 1 point2 points ago

4N35 Optocoupler

These chips are cheaper than shit.

[–]Nesmid 1 point2 points ago

Probably his mom or something.

[–]COXIMUS 0 points1 point ago

lucky bastard

[–]moo8 2 points3 points ago

What do you leave on the machine when that happens. "Hello? Did it go off? If anyone is there please pick up this is kind of an issue..."

[–]Minodos 0 points1 point ago

I think we have a movie here! oh wait that's hurt locker

[–]xPRIAPISMx 1 point2 points ago

1 repost added

[–]mb595x 1 point2 points ago

That's the phone AFTER the bomb it was attached to was detonated.

[–]groove_la_chord 0 points1 point ago

Is there a letter G on his index finger, or does he simply have LOVE spelled out on the fingers of his glove?

[–]curtis7676 0 points1 point ago

I worked with public safety agencies and we were able to call any cell phone within a network: used to warn them of wildfire so on. It seems to me that if they use reverse 911 on every patrol with a cell tower they could prematurely detonate anything that uses a cell phone.

[–]LullabyGaming 0 points1 point ago

I used to have a phone like that. Without the bomb stuff of course.

[–]Henndoe 1 point2 points ago

I doubt it would even damage that nokia brick

[–]redditonmyphone 1 point2 points ago

It's a Nokia, off course it resisted the explosion, no need to show it off like that.

[–]006ahmed 0 points1 point ago

I can confirm that this is not a bomb and that I am not dead.

[–]Mystifying 0 points1 point ago

At least someone still owns a Nokia

[–]derleek -1 points0 points ago

01 Call Calls Missed

FTFY - Pluralization is a bitch!

[–]gnarbucketz 1 point2 points ago

I hate calling out reposts and spelling errors, but this picture is older than the goddamn Internet, and you fucked up the title. Facepalm.

[–]DemoFly 0 points1 point ago

I have 104 of those blue switches in my keyboard that I am typing on right now. Cherry MX blue.

[–]miurabull 0 points1 point ago

How does it detonate a bomb?

[–]CrrSlacker 0 points1 point ago

Thank God they were on Sprints network.

[–]kiwifuel 0 points1 point ago

Okay this will probably get overlooked.

There are two possibilities, given the context, as to why the phone has a registered miss call.

1.) The IED failed to explode and EOD got called in.

2.) Command Wire IED. The cellphone was placed away from the explosives. This would allow for better signal if the explosives were underground or so that the cellphone could be re-used. Even a relatively cheap cellphone is expensive when compared to home made explosives.

or...

3.) It's a bloody fucking Nokia.

[–]Braerian 1 point2 points ago

I feel like i'm missing some sort of context?

[–]biscuitoman 0 points1 point ago

I wonder whether anybody has ever blown themselves up after the thing was triggered by a text from their carrier. "1 new text from AT&T." "Shit."

[–]apowell24 0 points1 point ago

Our enemies have Nokias, we don't stand a chance.

[–]DrMegaJawesome 0 points1 point ago

What you dont know is that the bomb went off

[–]lovable_oaf 0 points1 point ago

thats a nokia, it will survive. but its crazy how those bastards come up with that shit

[–]wanderer11 0 points1 point ago

Repost, but I still like it.

[–]potatoman96 1 point2 points ago

Why rig a bomb to it when you could just throw it?

[–]GoMrJoe -1 points0 points ago

TIL Reddit would make an effective terrorist organisation.

[–]Mickeyown 0 points1 point ago

So you're telling me that a Nokia survived an IED?

[–]otterbry 0 points1 point ago

The bomb went off. The Nokia survived. Bombmakers use nokia's so they can just remember one phone number.

[–]Minerva89 1 point2 points ago

Either the troops diffused a bomb/it didn't blow up... or it blew up and the bomb worked perfectly well... and the Nokia survived because Nokia.

[–]sideflanker 0 points1 point ago

[–]A-Lav 0 points1 point ago

ugh, can't think of a joke to fit this situation.

[–]nyteryder79 0 points1 point ago

I wonder how many successful bombs that Nokia had already been used in...

[–]avocat_89 1 point2 points ago

i dont get it

[–]BustedGizmo 0 points1 point ago

The amazing part is that this picture was taken after the bomb went off...damn nokias...

[–]JustRiedy 0 points1 point ago

Oh shit, that would have been a little nerve wracking to find.

[–]AhhhClem -1 points0 points ago

Optocoupler and a relay to trigger an "event" when the phone is called.

[–]Mr_Monster -1 points0 points ago

I am so sick of seeing this image. Talk about spreading like wildfire. Next thing you know everyone will be posting the video of the culvert buried IED that was buried too deeply blowing up in front of the Humvee in a fountain of earth. Ok, well that was actually pretty awesome. Go for it.

[–]Kyo188 0 points1 point ago

Uhh... THAT PHONE HAS A BOMB ON IT!!!