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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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