Japanese agency Icom mentioned Thursday that it had stopped producing the mannequin of radios reportedly utilized in current blasts in Lebanon round 10 years in the past.
“The IC-V82 is a handheld radio that was produced and exported, together with to the Center East, from 2004 to October 2014. It was discontinued about 10 years in the past, and since then, it has not been shipped from our firm,” Icom mentioned in a press release.
“The manufacturing of the batteries wanted to function the primary unit has additionally been discontinued, and a hologram seal to tell apart counterfeit merchandise was not connected, so it’s not attainable to substantiate whether or not the product shipped from our firm,” it mentioned.
It added that merchandise for abroad markets are bought completely by way of its licensed distributors, and that its export programme relies on Japanese safety commerce management rules.
“All of our radios are manufactured at our manufacturing subsidiary, Wakayama Icom Inc., in Wakayama Prefecture, below a strict administration system… so no elements apart from these specified by our firm are utilized in a product. As well as, all of our radios are manufactured on the identical manufacturing unit, and we don’t manufacture them abroad,” the assertion mentioned.
Within the second wave of gadget explosions in as many days, 20 individuals died and greater than 450 had been wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officers mentioned.
A supply near Hezbollah mentioned walkie-talkies utilized by its members blew up in its Beirut stronghold, with state media reporting related blasts in south and east Lebanon.
They got here a day after the simultaneous explosion of lots of of paging units utilized by Hezbollah killed 12 individuals, together with two youngsters, and wounded as much as 2,800 others throughout Lebanon, in an unprecedented assault blamed on Israel.
There was no remark from Israel. The White Home warned all sides in opposition to “an escalation of any variety”.
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