... but a the distance a helicopter flies at that DOT is huge and thus it is "diluted", I think those that say that such "attacks" by kids could bring a helicopter down is just plain nonsense.
Unless I'm mistaken Blender, you are saying that the chance of getting injured by having a laser fired at the ac is non existent because of the range. Just for info, at 500m (1500'), the dot from a laser pen just fills the 'O' in the word 'Police' on the side of a police helicopter. That 'O' just so happens to be the same size of a human face!
http://www.globalaviationresource.co...u/images/5.jpg
I guess by your judgement, the range of the weapon used should have seen this part of the case thrown out
The force's helicopter was also shot at.
Footage showed a man appear to drop to one knee by a car in Clifton Close, Aston, and point a gun at the helicopter,
BBC News - Birmingham riots: Four guilty of shooting at police
In past times;
Sometimes I used to miss a fig 12 target at 30m with a pistol;
However, I could usually hit a fig 11 at 600m with an SLR.
Feelin' lucky?