Government Says Terrorists Could Use Lasers To Blind Pilots
Submitted by Homeland Security NTARC News on Friday, 10 December 2004No Comment
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Terrorists may seek to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches, federal officials are warning in a bulletin distributed nationwide.
The memo sent by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department says there is evidence that terrorists have explored using lasers as weapons, though there is no specific intelligence indicating al-Qaida or other groups might use lasers in the United States.
