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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by Whatarethese on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:49AM (#23387915)
Laser pointers are about to be bought out everywhere if this keeps going around the states. What is honestly the point of this? Show of force? Cool. Lots of people look scared based on these videos. Not.
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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by dogma1138 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:21AM (#23388148)
Visors block them, that said even if they didn’t blinding a helicopter pilot hovering over a crowd is probably not a good idea.
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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by inawarminister on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:52AM (#23389375)
If you use a laser pointer on an airborne vehicles cockpits, you are attacking them lethally and must expect lethal reaction also. Please DO NOT do this.
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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by viklove on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:48PM (#23393083)
This seems like a fun game:

> If you perform low-altitude flyovers while citizens exercise their right to assembly, you are attacking them lethally and must expect lethal reaction also. Please DO NOT do this.

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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by GurnBlandston on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:50PM (#23393107)
Don't justify an exaggerated response like this. A laser pointer is not lethal. There is no comparison between a laser pointer and the armaments on a military helicopter.
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Re:Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low... by bmn__ on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:58PM (#23394784)
You underestimate the risk. Targetting a laser into the cockpit has a non-negligible chance of dazzling/blinding the pilots, possibly with lethal outcome. The light beam will refract and scatter through the glass/transparent plastic.
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