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Laser Strikes On Aircraft Becoming Epidemic

Posted by timothy on from the good-place-to-put-advertising dept.

First time accepted submitter AlphaWolf_HK writes "Ars Technica has a story about a 52 year old man who was arrested and sentenced to three years in jail for shining a high powered green laser at a helicopter along with an interesting video showing how he was tracked down. The FBI says that laser strikes are becoming epidemic, saying that they expect to see reports of 3,700 of them this year."

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  1. Sysiphus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make the bastard spend his years in line for the TSA.

  2. Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio by pellik · · Score: 5, Funny

    My solution would be to mount even more powerful lasers on some of the aircraft. Fight fire with fire. Plus, it would just be cool.