I see as part of Olympic interception procedures
http://www.rin.org.uk/Uploadedpdfs/I...s/1220-web.pdf
a military helicopter can aim a laser at an intercepted aircraft. Who did the risk assessment on this? Is there not a major danger of blinding the pilot, especially as this will presumably be used only at night (and if a helicopter can intercept, presumably it will be a single pilot aircraft)?