China Is Using Lasers to Target U.S. Pilots in Djibouti
David Brennan 2 hrs ago
The U.S. Air Force has issued a warning to its pilots in Djibouti regarding Chinese laser weapons being used at a nearby base.
The Chinese facility is Beijing’s first overseas military base, and sits just a few miles to the north of the American Camp Lemonnier at Djibouti’s Ambouli International Airport. The U.S. military says Chinese troops are using high-powered lasers to interfere with U.S. flights in the area, the South China Morning Post reported.
The military issued a notice to its pilots, later published by the Federal Aviation Administration, urging them to “use extreme caution when transiting near†the Chinese base, citing the use of a “high-power laser†on multiple occasions.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-is-using-lasers-to-target-us-pilots-in-djibouti/ar-AAwGjGQ
For the record, Djibouti is shown on this map, the red country, North of Somalia.
A real backwater. It was in the news for something else too, here in the past few months.
