They are not "attacks" except in the hysterical media/pilot view. Even the high-powered Russian lasering from their destroyers of our patrol aircraft was merely a form of dissuasion.
The pencil stuff is an arcade game for bored scroats/chav. As in "I wonder if this thing will paint a dot on an aircraft". No malice or harm intended.
Last edited by malabo; 6th Feb 2017 at 18:34.