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Chinese military lasers injure US military pilots in Africa
CNN ^ | Ryan Browne

Posted on 05/03/2018 11:47:45 AM PDT by Innovative

Chinese personnel at the country's first overseas military base in Djibouti have been using lasers to interfere with US military aircraft at a nearby American base, activity that has resulted in injuries to US pilots and prompted the US to launch a formal diplomatic protest with Beijing, two military officials told CNN.

The US issued a notice to airmen "to exercise caution when flying in certain areas in Djibouti," which "was issued due to lasers being directed at US aircraft on a small number of separate occasions over the last few weeks," according to the notice obtained by CNN.

"During one incident, there were two minor eye injuries of aircrew flying in a C-130 that resulted from exposure to military-grade laser beams, which were reported to have originated from the nearby Chinese base," the notice said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; china; lasers; military
China is being extremely stupid. The US is their best customer, why would they attack us. They have a lot to lose.
1 posted on 05/03/2018 11:47:45 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: KC_Lion; Jet Jaguar

Ping.


2 posted on 05/03/2018 11:49:36 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Innovative

A laser attack on our military IS an act of war.

Take out the offending target.


3 posted on 05/03/2018 11:54:36 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Innovative

But the unasked question is, what in the world are we doing in Djibouti? What’s in our national interest there?


4 posted on 05/03/2018 11:59:27 AM PDT by tenger (If we don't stay on 'em, they'll get it wrong. - Joe Soucheray)
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To: tenger

Happened in Seattle. Injured parties were just an afterthought. Like Nichole Simpson’s death. The bigger issue was racism, victims be damned.


5 posted on 05/03/2018 12:04:42 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Innovative

Yet, Apple keeps bringing jobs and boosting the Chinese economy.


6 posted on 05/03/2018 12:05:03 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: tenger

Western interests have been in Africa for the last 300+ years.
We have an established base near the newly constructed Chinese base.
Camp Lemonnier
Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, situated at Djibouti’s Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of... More
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Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval
Expeditionary Base, situated at Djibouti’s Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command ( USAFRICOM). It is the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa. The camp is operated by U.S. ...

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3 days ago ... Located in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti
hosts troops from the U.S., China and France.


7 posted on 05/03/2018 12:11:29 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: bgill
Yet, Apple keeps bringing jobs and boosting the Chinese economy.

Don't blame Apple, when other manufacturers like Samsung directly build factories and employ people in communist China to make their products. Apple has no manufacturing jobs in China. Samsung does, along with many other well-known companies. Apple is one of the few that makes products in the USA.

8 posted on 05/03/2018 12:14:08 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: tenger

It’s part of the war on terror. Apparently there are a lot of terrorists there. And as Rumsfeld said, it’s better to kill them over there, than wait for them to come over here.


9 posted on 05/03/2018 12:16:52 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

1. Wear protective laser goggles.

2. Lock-on to laser source.

3. Engage!


10 posted on 05/03/2018 12:17:48 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: tenger

Looks strategic on the map. At the mouth of the Red Sea.


11 posted on 05/03/2018 12:20:36 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Innovative

They’ve been doing this crap and getting away with it for decades. The only thing new here is the use of lasers. They used to bump into us with their planes, etc. Now they have lasers and don’t have to risk their planes and pilots.


12 posted on 05/03/2018 12:20:56 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm.)
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To: tenger

“But the unasked question is, what in the world are we doing in Djibouti? What’s in our national interest there?”

If you or I had the right security clearance, we’d know.


13 posted on 05/03/2018 12:23:25 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm.)
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To: dhs12345; tenger

Exactly my thoughts. Djibouti is very strategically placed.


14 posted on 05/03/2018 12:23:31 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: tenger

Shipping. Commerce.


15 posted on 05/03/2018 12:30:22 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: roadcat

“Apple has no manufacturing jobs in China.”

Yes, and Foxconn is based in Taiwan, but Apple couldn’t build one IPhone or IPad without the Foxconn factories and slave laborers in Communist China, an arrangement Apple is happy to be part of.


16 posted on 05/03/2018 12:31:01 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Innovative

surround the cockpit window with opticly reflective tape.
(send light back to the source)


17 posted on 05/03/2018 12:38:31 PM PDT by Hiryusan
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