By adamg on Fri., 9/22/2023 - 9:35 am
WFXT reports the FAA is looking into reports of two JetBlue airliners getting tagged by green lasers early Thursday morning.
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"Lasers"
By Ari O
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 9:50am
"Lasers"
People doing this, suck
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:56am
The brighter laser pointers, easily obtainable for short money, are easily bright enough to do permanent damage to the eye.
Calling them "Laser blinding weapons" is neither hysteria nor boot-licking copaganda.
Personally, I'd like to see the book thrown at anybody trying to tag airplanes with them.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754573/
What do military pilots do about this problem?
By necturus
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 11:29am
if a civilian aircraft can be put in jeopardy by a laser device that costs only a few dollars, then so can a fighter jet or Air Force One. What does the Air Force do to stop enemies shining lasers in our pilots' eyes? Why can't civilian pilots use the same technology?
Perhaps military aircraft
By Tim Mc.
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 11:50am
are permitted to shoot back?
There are defenses against laser blinding weapons
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:29pm
There are defenses against laser blinding weapons. Think of the welders helmet whose glass instantly darkens when an arc is struck, only fancier and more high tech. They are expensive and cumbersome
immajjin driving down i-93 at 65 m.p.h.
By schneidz
Sun, 09/24/2023 - 9:37am
ħen oll uv a sudden getting blīnded by a red lazər.
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