Preempting the Next War?

An attack with explosive beepers catches Israel’s enemies by surprise and could force them to think again about escalating the war against the Jewish state.

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Albert Einstein, circa 1931. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

“I don’t know what weapons might be used in World War III,” Albert Einstein has often been quoted as saying, along with a warning that any war after that would be fought with sticks and stones. He didn’t say paging devices, but here they are. It may be hard to say just when World War III might occur. It’s not hard to marvel at the weaponization apparently by Israel of mobile devices used by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. 

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