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Old 02-10-2007, 07:58 PM
CoombellKid
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Originally Posted by joe_smith View Post
You can thank the idiots for that I read in the paper that some shone it at a rescue helicopter and temporarily blinded the pilot. How stupid are some people.


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html
And what a media beat up that was, there is no way that laser could
temporarily blinded the cameraman, it wasn't the pilot. It is impossible
for several reason, the distance and devergence of the beam (it was
no longer a focalised beam) and it being most likely hand held to keep
it on an eyeball several hundred meter away handheld on a moving target
impossible. Your talking mW's here.

Still it's a stupid thing to do, just causes trouble.

regards,CS
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