Hysteria aside for just a moment, have a read of ...

http://www.equipped.org/lasers_airliners.htm


"Noah Little" wrote in message
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Greasy Rider© @invalid.com wrote:

Those things can cause temporary blindness and should be banned.

They also have the reported ability to be directed, hand-held, into the
cockpits of flying aircraft for seconds at a time.

(And anyone who believes that should try holding the dot on a leaf a
quarter mile away to see how well they do.)