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Warplanes target car with lasers (Lasers the Air Force's most powerful-Australia)
The Courier Mail via News.au ^
| Ian McPhedran
Posted on 08/08/2007 2:58:01 PM PDT by Bladerunnuh
The incidents happened at 11.25am and 4.13pm at the corner of Lakes Way and Seal Rocks Rd.
One car was targeted and eight others passed close to the beam.
The lasers used by Hornet fighters as target designators are the most powerful laser beams used by the air force.
The Defence department confessed to the mistake by press release yesterday without any prompting from the public.
It said RAF and US Air Force specialists had advised they were not aware of any incidents of laser injuries to people on the ground, as a result of lasings from aircraft in incidents similar to this one.
While the likelihood of injury is rare, the powerful beams of compressed light have the potential to damage the retina permanently.
According to the department, the symptoms of laser damage would be easy to recognise and investigate.
If exposure had occurred symptoms
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand
KEYWORDS: austrailia; laser; poorexcerpt; raaf
First, they use the lasers. Then, they come for your women. I've seen this before....
To: Bladerunnuh
The lasers used by Hornet fighters as target designators are the most powerful laser beams used by the air force. Uh, no they aren't.
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:00:42 PM PDT
by
AdamSelene235
(Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
To: AdamSelene235
Uh, no they aren't. Maybe that's just the Australian Air Force.
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:03:39 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
To: Bladerunnuh
that ought to go over well at the next promotion board...
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:10:37 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
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To: Bladerunnuh
compressed light
Can you get it in a can like compressed air?
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:19:00 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Bladerunnuh
the powerful beams of compressed light ???
Coherent light
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:19:41 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: AdamSelene235
To: Bladerunnuh
First the lasers then the anal probes. It’s classic UFO protocol. Ask any Ufologist.
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:25:46 PM PDT
by
stm
To: AdamSelene235
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posted on
08/08/2007 4:35:43 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(The Simpsons already did it!)
To: Oztrich Boy
Isn’t anyone going to ask what the car was doing with lasers in the first place?
To: Bladerunnuh
Didn’t Edward D. Wood cover this theme in Plan 9 From Outerspace?
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posted on
08/08/2007 4:46:01 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Mr. Lucky
I'm waiting for someone to point out that the USAF doesn't fly Hornet fighters.
The preceding and following sentences are not related
Stupid liberal media.
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posted on
08/08/2007 4:50:38 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(The Simpsons already did it!)
To: milford421
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posted on
08/08/2007 11:25:28 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
( Today is a good day for working on some heavy praying. The world needs God to hear them.)
To: Bladerunnuh
Clearly the Air Force should apologize, and install the new politically correct Nerf lasers on all planes.
Blue, of course. :)
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