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In article . com, wrote:
It seems that he was simply stupid and thoughtless. It's doubtful that he knew that it would "flood the cockpit" with light. People think lasers will just show a tiny dot even at a great distance. Previous to his arrest I was thinking that the FBI should put out a warning that shining lasers into cockpits would result in being charged with the intent to murder x people (x = however many souls are on board). But now I'm just shaking my head at his immaturity. He didn't have the intent to hurt anyone, he was just showing off, not knowing it was a really bad idea. Something any kid would probably do as well. I don't believe it "flooded" anything with light. It's 5 mW. That's 0.005 Watt. So it will "flood" your cockpit with a lot less light than your LED headlight. Which is not to mention the difficulty of hitting a moving target from thousands of feet away with a hand-held pointer. Any "flooding" would be very brief. The major problem would be distraction, and if we're going after everyone distracting someone operating a vehicle, I think we should lock up the people responsible for those obnoxious animated roadside signs. Now *there's* an anti-terrorism action I could endorse without reservation. I think this is the typical incredible overreaction because "we have to look like we're protecting the public." You might as well arrest some kids that were throwing rocks in the river because an ocean liner might go past. Note that there's no way to tell whether this guy was involved in the Citation incident, by the way. But "flooding the cockpit with light" from a slant range of over a mile away seems like it would require something with a much higher output. Maybe there's someone out there with an industrial laser (or more likely, a spotlight). Mike Beede |
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