Laser pointers used in Iraq and Afghanistan

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mercanucaribe

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Are they shining them into peoples' eyes? Retina scarring is very bad. Non lethal doesn't mean not harmful, or temporary.
 
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KillerCharlie

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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Are they shining them into peoples' eyes? Retina scarring is very bad. Non lethal doesn't mean not harmful, or temporary.
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Did you even read the article?
 
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lyssword

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Originally posted by: bricky
Lasers in combat??? That used to happen only in "star wars" but not any more.

That cute essential little laser diode in your DVD drive/printer/PS3 etc has been put to more dynamic uses. Such as being used in trouble spots such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Liverpool.

This article gives full details on their use.

http://ezinearticles.com/index.php?High...-Military-And-Civilian-Lives&id=511755
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I highly doubt that "cute essential laser diode in my dvd drive" is the same one they are talking about :p

"are employing high power laser", m'kay? :D
 
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mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Are they shining them into peoples' eyes? Retina scarring is very bad. Non lethal doesn't mean not harmful, or temporary.
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Did you even read the article?
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The article didn't specify how they used them. They said they shined them at a group of men-- not where on their anatomy.
 
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Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: bricky
Lasers in combat??? That used to happen only in "star wars" but not any more.

That cute essential little laser diode in your DVD drive/printer/PS3 etc has been put to more dynamic uses. Such as being used in trouble spots such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Liverpool.

This article gives full details on their use.

http://ezinearticles.com/index.php?High...-Military-And-Civilian-Lives&id=511755
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I highly doubt that "cute essential laser diode in my dvd drive" is the same one they are talking about :p

"are employing high power laser", m'kay? :D
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Same technology, just more power.

You can buy low power laser pointers and "overclock" them, giving you more mW.
 
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avatar? check
registered today? check
first post? check
link? check

DING DING DING we have a winner!
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Can you imagine the mayhem if one day we use those against the cat people of planet Felina?:p
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:laugh:

In light of the laser pointer+animals thread earlier, I couldn't help but laugh.. :thumbsup:
 
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A failure to understand that running up on a checkpoint with uncertain intentions can be much worse, ie very permanent death.

Lazers, unlike hand signals or signs with symbols have a couple very distinct advantages for avoiding that problem. They are a strait lines of light, something not found in nature. The are a color of light, also not found in nature. The fact that these things are not found in nature trigger a very basic check on someones thought process. Stop and figureout wtf is going on before you do anything else.



 
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On the off chance that a dragonlasers rep is monitoring this thread *cough*, could said person PM me with information on the speed at which your modules can be modulated at? I am interested in applications requiring 10MHz+, thanks.
 
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Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Can you imagine the mayhem if one day we use those against the cat people of planet Felina?:p
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And here all this time I thought Felina was the chick in that old Marty Robbins song.....
 
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mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: d3n
A failure to understand that running up on a checkpoint with uncertain intentions can be much worse, ie very permanent death.

Lazers, unlike hand signals or signs with symbols have a couple very distinct advantages for avoiding that problem. They are a strait lines of light, something not found in nature. The are a color of light, also not found in nature. The fact that these things are not found in nature trigger a very basic check on someones thought process. Stop and figureout wtf is going on before you do anything else.
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Well I would hope they are shining the laser on the ground and not in peoples' eyes. However, IIRC, those green lasers may be powerful enough to cause eye damage even when reflected from a non specular surface like the ground.
 
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Originally posted by: bricky
Lasers in combat??? That used to happen only in "star wars" but not any more.

That cute essential little laser diode in your DVD drive/printer/PS3 etc has been put to more dynamic uses. Such as being used in trouble spots such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Liverpool.

This article gives full details on their use.

http://ezinearticles.com/index.php?High...-Military-And-Civilian-Lives&id=511755
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Congratulations. You posted spam.

And considering that you only have 1 post, it makes me think you're either a spammer or just off to a really bad start.
 
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