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Old 30th Sep 2004, 23:45
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Airbubba
 
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>>lasernigel might be right saying that 200 mW laser power is not too dangerous a few 1000 ft away from the laser source<<

Yeah, maybe that was what he really meant to say when he said "...200mW is not high powered enough to get up to an airplane..."

>>Try a dept of 3 engs with 2 BSc's 1 MSc all in applied physics and laser technology and a total of over 50 years on lasers between us.Good enough??

Either way this should be treated with the seriousness it deserves,and maybe next time you see someone having a giggle pointing a laser at a plane round your way,point a pistol back and see how they like it.<<

He seems more than a little insecure with his own alleged credentials. Or maybe he just forgot his meds again with this nutty pistol talk. Perhaps another teen troll...

Whatever, I agree that even a "low power" low divergence class IIIb laser can be quite dangerous to the dark adapted eyes at less than a mile. The idea that the light won't "get up to an airplane" is utter nonsense.
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