Archived 'They Lit Us Up': 11 Planes Struck by Lasers Approaching Airport (abcnews.go.com)
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Archived 'They Lit Us Up': 11 Planes Struck by Lasers Approaching Airport (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] blizzardman 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Yo bro you know what would be fun, trying to murder a bunch of people and seeing awesome plane crashes
[–] ifartedhaha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
reminds me of how they caught this fuckface shining lasers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaOhD2r-Y8c
[–] klongtoey 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
is this actually dangerous? this is hardly going to blind a pilot.
[–] Newto 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
The issue a lot of people don't realize is that a laser isn't a cylinder, it's cone shaped.
Upside is that you can see the dot at a distance (no way you're seeing a 2mm green dot on the side of a building four blocks away)
Downside is that the dot is actually several feet across at the ranges they hit a plane, and still bright enough to temporarily blind someone, or potentially cause permanent damage
[–] Maxstats 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Actually, the last time I heard a story like this, the pilot had permanent damage done to his retina. These things are no joke.
[–] goasupreme ago
Green laser will damage your eyes, red lasers will not
[–] dahlia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes, this makes it very hard to see in the cockpit. You can do one quick google search to validate that assertion. Seriously, who upvotes this?
[–] granmasboi ago
I'm amazed that people have lasers that can reach 5miles. Are these common lasers? Would seem like that's not the kind of laser you just buy at the corner store.
[–] Dumbtickles [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They sell these on amazon and most big box electronic stores. I have one.
[–] granmasboi ago
just curious... why? For fun?
[–] The_goats 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
This is why we can't have nice things.