On Tuesday, 3 July 2018 12:53:14 PM AEST Anthony via luv-talk wrote:
Where light sources aren't visible, the usual safety instincts may not kick in (which is why it's always important to wear suitable eye protection when dealing with devices such as lasers). Even where instincts do kick in, they're not foolproof.
One of the Tom Clancy books features CIA agents downing a Japanese military aircraft by shining a bright light at the pilots. Some people have suggested that a better option for the CIA agents in that scenario would be to use an IR LASER to blind pilots without them even noticing the light (which of course gives the difficult problem of how to line up an invisible LASER with a tiny target at a distance). It's probably best that Tom Clancy used a less effective way of downing an airline given that terrorists have already copied one of his ideas. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/