Does anyone know more about this phenomenon than the little in this and similar articles I've seen recently?
Pointing a laser at an airplane thousands of feet in the air traveling hundreds of miles an hour for long enough that a pilot notices the dot seems an impressive feat. Thinking about the geometry involved with the position of the cockpit windows on most airplanes, it also seems like it must be done from far away horizontally, at a fairly low angle.
It seems to my naive interpretation that accomplishing this would be substantially more than just a small prank.
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So, is this an example of the US Federal Govt making a reasonable, non-hysterical response to a new-ish emerging threat?
(Replying to PARENT post)
Pointing a laser at an airplane thousands of feet in the air traveling hundreds of miles an hour for long enough that a pilot notices the dot seems an impressive feat. Thinking about the geometry involved with the position of the cockpit windows on most airplanes, it also seems like it must be done from far away horizontally, at a fairly low angle.
It seems to my naive interpretation that accomplishing this would be substantially more than just a small prank.