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  2. Lasers and aviation safety - Wikipedia

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    To give another example, of a more powerful laser—the type that might be used in an outdoor laser show: a 6-watt green (532 nm) laser with a 1.1 milliradian beam divergence is an eye hazard to about 1,600 feet (490 meters), can cause flash blindness to about 8,200 feet (1.5 mi/2.5 km), causes veiling glare to about 36,800 feet (7 mi; 11 km ...

  3. Police catch man point laser at plane as they investigate 40 ...

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    He told police he had pointed a laser at a plane at that time, according to court documents. In the first three months of 2024, 3,431 incidents of lasers pointed at aircraft have been reported to ...

  4. Lubbock man sentenced to a year in federal prison for aiming ...

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    A Lubbock man was sentenced this month after he pleaded guilty in September to a federal felony count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. ... "Shining a laser at an aircraft is a serious ...

  5. Wichita man loses toy laser after pointing it at law ... - AOL

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    In December 2018, a then 29-year-old Wichita man faced up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after he was accused of pointing a laser at a KHP plane trying to help ...

  6. Flash blindness - Wikipedia

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    Flash blindness is an either temporary or permanent visual impairment during and following exposure of a varying length of time to a light flash of extremely high intensity, such as a nuclear explosion, flash photograph, lightning strike, or extremely bright light, i.e. a searchlight, laser pointer, landing lights or ultraviolet light. [1]

  7. Boeing YAL-1 - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was primarily designed to test its feasibility as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) while in boost phase.

  8. Aircraft laser strikes surge to record high in 2023 - AOL

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    In addition to imprisonment on federal charges, a person who aims a laser pointer at an aircraft can be hit with a civil penalty from the FAA, a fine of up to $11,000 per incident ...

  9. Airborne Laser - Wikipedia

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    An airborne laser (ABL) is a laser system operated from a flying platform, as in the: Soviet/Russian Beriev A-60 (1981, active) American Boeing YAL-1 (2002-2012 ...

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