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Old 9th Sep 2010, 06:19
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rottenray
 
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Tolka writes:

I wonder to what extent the average member of the public realises the danger caused by pointing l@sers at aircraft.
Obviously, they don't realize that it poses a great danger.

When should one be able to *safely* distract a pilot?

Obviously, never - and some times are worse than others based on the workload in the cockpit.


mike wsm asks about

18nS pulse at 1053nM of 180J,

written by nigel
~1000 nanometers puts it in the infrared; J = Joules = Watts for the sake of this argument, so, 180 watts; 18 nanoseconds is a really, really short pulse.

Hmm. Powerful. Invisible to the human eye in both wavelength and duration.

Target illumination?



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