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{{Short description|Alphanumeric one-way pager}} |
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| battery = Removable<br /> ] battery |
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| website = {{cite web |url=https://www.gapollo.com.tw/rugged-pager-ar924/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205222829/https://www.gapollo.com.tw/rugged-pager-ar924/|archive-date=5 December 2023|title=Rugged Pager AR924}} |
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The '''Gold Apollo AR924''' is an alphanumeric one-way ] in a ] sold under the brand name of the Taiwanese company ].<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=Rugged Pager AR924|url=https://www.gapollo.com.tw/product/ar-924/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Gold Apollo|archive-url=https://archive.is/Kw0Pg|archive-date=17 Sep 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://apollosystemshk.com/product/42.html |work= Apollo Systems HK |title= Gold Apollo Rugged Pager AR924 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240917160632/https://apollosystemshk.com/product/42.html |archive-date=17 September 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Apollo Systems HK video">{{cite AV media | date = December 13, 2022 | title = 【Introduction】Gold Apollo Rugged Pager AR924【AR924】Rugged Pager【Gold Apollo】 | type = YouTube video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x50wwGjX2Ao |
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| access-date = September 22, 2024 | publisher = Apollo Systems HK | archive-url = https://archive.is/T6J4L | archive-date = September 18, 2024 }}</ref> |
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The pager is notable for 5,000 sabotaged units purchased by ] having been ] while being viewed a few seconds after receiving an apparent message from the group, although according to a statement published by Gold Apollo on their web page on 18 September 2024, they are not the manufacturer of the device used in these explosions, and had instead licensed the brand to the Hungarian company ].<ref name="Gold Apollo Statement">{{Cite web |title=Gold Apollo Co., Ltd, Statement |access-date=18 September 2024 |url=https://www.gapollo.com.tw/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918090606/https://www.gapollo.com.tw/ |archive-date=18 September 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT Apollo">{{Cite news |title=Taiwan Company Tries to Distance Itself From Pagers Used in Lebanon Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/asia/taiwan-pagers-lebanon.html |work = New York Times|date=18 September 2024 |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> |
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== Specifications== |
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The PC-programmable and hand-programmable pager weighs 90 g, and is 7.3 cm wide, 5 cm high, and 2.7 cm thick. It has four buttons with two-way scrolling, a four line LCD screen, and a removable lithium battery, rechargeable via a ] connector, lasting up to 85 days with 2.5 hours of charging.<ref name=":30" /> |
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The AR924 allows the user to store up to 30 messages with a maximum length of 100 characters. Its ] is 512/1200/2400 bit/s for ]. |
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== Sales == |
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The AR924 model is not available for sale in Taiwan nor the United States. More broadly, direct exports of Gold Apollo-manufactured pagers from Taiwan amount to some 260,000 sets between the start of 2022 and August 2024 (including over 40,000 between January and August 2024), mostly to the ], ] and ], according to Taiwan's ].<ref>{{cite news |title=What we know about the Taiwanese firm caught up in Lebanon's exploding pagers attack |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/18/business/gold-apollo-taiwan-lebanon-exploding-pagers-hnk-intl/index.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=CNN |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> |
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The ministry's figures recorded no direct exports of any Gold Apollo-manufactured pagers from Taiwan to Lebanon during the same period, however indirect exports via third parties could not be ruled out.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says it didn't make pagers used in Lebanon |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/18/gold-apollo-hezbollah-lebanon-pagers/ |access-date=18 September 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=17 September 2024}}</ref> |
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== Israeli manufacturing and explosions in Lebanon == |
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{{Main|2024 Lebanon pager explosions}} |
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Israeli intelligence personnel are believed to have manufactured the pagers that were shipped to Hezbollah included with explosives in the battery.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=2024-09-19 |title=Israeli front-controlled manufacturing process likeliest explanation for attacks on Hezbollah |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/19/israeli-front-controlled-manufacturing-process-likeliest-explanation-for-attacks-on-hezbollah |access-date=2024-09-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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On 17 September 2024, some 5,000 AR924 pagers exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and parts of Syria, at around 3:30 pm local time, killing 12 people and injuring over 2,750.<ref name="u7362">{{cite web |last1=Belam |first1=Martin |last2=Lowe |first2=Yohannes |last3=Chao-Fong |first3=Léonie |last4=Ambrose |first4=Tom |last5=Graham-Harrison |first5=Emma |last6=Sabbagh |first6=Dan |last7=Wintour |first7=Patrick |date=17 September 2024 |title=Lebanon attacks 'an extremely concerning escalation', says UN official, as Hezbollah threatens retaliation – live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/17/middle-east-crisis-live-netanyahu-expands-gaza-war-aims-blinken-heads-to-egypt |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> The explosions appeared to be a co-ordinated attack against the ] ] political party and ] group ].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Hezbollah official: Exploded pagers were a new brand, replaced cellphones at Nasrallah's order |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-official-exploded-pagers-were-a-new-brand-replaced-cellphones-at-nasrallahs-order/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Exploding Hezbollah devices reportedly issued in recent days |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-exploding-hezbollah-devices-reportedly-issued-in-recent-days |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=i24NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref name="u7362" /> Reportedly, some 500 Hezbollah members lost their eyesight in the explosions – however, no further elaboration on this number was provided.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Some 500 Hezbollah members lost eyesight in pager explosions|magazine=The Times of Israel|date=18 September 2024|access-date=18 September 2024|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-some-500-hezbollah-members-lost-eyesight-in-pager-explosions/}}</ref><ref name="tim" /> |
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Initially-circulated photos of the damaged pagers showed components displaying the logo of Gold Apollo, leading to online speculation that the pagers involved had originated from its factories in Taiwan. |
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The following day, Gold Apollo founder Hsu Ching-Kuang told reporters in Taiwan that the company did not manufacture the pagers involved in the explosions, but that they were made by its long-term partner, the Hungary-based company BAC Consulting KFT,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hungarian firm tied to pager blasts in Lebanon unmasked |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bytqokop0 |work=] |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> under a licence that had been in place for three years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gold-apollo-says-it-did-not-make-pagers-used-lebanon-explosion-2024-09-18/|date=2024-09-18|accessdate=2024-09-18|title=Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosions|website=]}}</ref><ref name=tim> ''Barrons''.</ref><ref> ''Time''.</ref> BAC Consulting KFT cooperated with Gold Apollo and represented many of its products.<ref> ''Al Arabiya''.</ref> However, Gold Apollo did not provide any evidence of the contract.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lebanon pager blasts: Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT under scrutiny |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/lebanon-pager-blasts-budapest-based-bac-consulting-kft-under-scrutiny-5-key-facts-about-the-company-11726649234376.html |work=] |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> German broadcaster ] (DW) visited BAC's official address in Budapest but found only a sheet of paper on the door with the company name; the doorbell was not answered. DW cited the ''New York Times'', which reported that BAC and at least two other ] were part of an Israeli front, intended to obscure links to Israeli intelligence officers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two European firms in focus of Hezbollah pager explosions| last1 = Pandey | first1 = Ashutosh| last2 = Chaika | first2 = Anna|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=18 September 2024| |url=https://www.dw.com/en/bac-hungarian-firm-in-focus-of-hezbollah-pager-explosions/a-70248830 |access-date=18 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The CEO of BAC Consultancy said that they were intermediaries, not involved in manufacturing the devices.<ref>{{cite news |title=British-educated businesswoman denies making Hezbollah pagers which killed 12 people |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hezbollah-pagers-explosions-bac-consulting-israel-hungary-b2615049.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=The Independent |date=18 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* {{Section link|Casio F-91W|Usage in terrorism}} |
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* {{Section link|Samsung Galaxy Note 7|Battery explosions and recalls}} |
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==References== |
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== External links == |
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.gapollo.com.tw/rugged-pager-ar924/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205222829/https://www.gapollo.com.tw/rugged-pager-ar924/|archive-date=5 December 2023|publisher=]|title=Rugged Pager AR924|publication-date=8 November 2022}} |
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