Yes, I wasn't sure if the pagers were supposed to be an ironic sort of "technology failure" or what. For Hezzy and Iran, for sure - they made a strategic bet on this pager scheme to avoid compromised cell phones, and that was a huge tech failure.
A group bet big on the technology and lost big. As opposed to say, drones in warfare, where Ukraine bet big and it is a game changer in 2024, it was a success for Ukraine but can't be called a failure for anyone because no one (Russia) expected any wins of their own out of Ukrainian drone adoption only to be let down.
So one unique aspect of this item is that it's the only one on the list where the failure for one global group resulted in success for a different global group. Unless you count Boeing short-sellers, I guess.
A group bet big on the technology and lost big. As opposed to say, drones in warfare, where Ukraine bet big and it is a game changer in 2024, it was a success for Ukraine but can't be called a failure for anyone because no one (Russia) expected any wins of their own out of Ukrainian drone adoption only to be let down.
So one unique aspect of this item is that it's the only one on the list where the failure for one global group resulted in success for a different global group. Unless you count Boeing short-sellers, I guess.