If you have the know-how and considerable cash it isnt

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R.L. — 9/29/2004 8:51:48 PM (archived)

But I doubt that there are a lot of terrorists that have both, and besides there are a lot more reliable and cost effective means of killing people...

The ability to use lasers as blinding weapons has been around for decades, but it is banned by the Geneva convention (and no I dont think terrorists abide by the geneva conventions)

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Anyone catch the NOVA 'Origins' program? - R.L. - 9/29/2004 5:19:50 AM
- There's always tonight - SteveS - 9/29/2004 5:00:23 PM
- Survey says.... - et - 9/29/2004 4:35:05 PM
- re: Anyone catch the NOVA 'Origins' program? - Marcia - 9/29/2004 12:48:22 PM
  - re: Anyone catch the NOVA 'Origins' program? - Marcia - 9/29/2004 1:04:42 PM
- re: Anyone catch the NOVA 'Origins' program? - Tom C. - 9/29/2004 11:11:32 AM
- So, you're the guy who nailed that pilot over Utah! - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 5:22:11 AM
  - huh? Pilot over Utah? - R.L. - 9/29/2004 5:28:27 AM
    - Oops. Link. - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 1:29:59 PM
      - Very interesting, also fairly questionable - R.L. - 9/29/2004 6:41:45 PM
        
        re: fairly questionable - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 9:41:16 PM
        
        A frequency doubled Yag could do it - R.L. - 9/30/2004 12:17:59 AM
        
        I think the implication you're missing is that it wasn't an accident. - et - 9/29/2004 6:55:41 PM
        
        You missed my point - R.L. - 9/29/2004 7:05:45 PM
        
        I don't think it would be all that hard... - Larry J - 9/29/2004 8:33:42 PM
        
        If you have the know-how and considerable cash it isnt - R.L. - 9/29/2004 8:51:48 PM
        
        It wouldn't take a very powerful laser to temporarily damage someone's eyes - Larry J - 9/30/2004 12:47:22 AM
        
        See thread above on this subject (n/t) - R.L. - 9/30/2004 4:40:48 AM
        
        Military Test - Nick Hoffman - 9/30/2004 1:40:04 AM
        
        He was working on laser eye protection for pilots - Larry J - 9/30/2004 1:31:17 PM
        
        Tom Clancy - Nick Hoffman - 9/30/2004 1:36:00 AM
        
        Yup. - et - 9/29/2004 7:44:18 PM

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