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General Category => World News => Topic started by: ABX on May 04, 2018, 12:54:47 am
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The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that Chinese nationals fired lasers near a military base in east Africa against U.S. military aircraft in the region, injuring several pilots....
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-confirms-chinese-fired-lasers-u-s-pilots/ (http://freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-confirms-chinese-fired-lasers-u-s-pilots/)
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http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,314655.0.html (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,314655.0.html)
Really, what's up with this? What is its significance?
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Rather than starting another thread, from the Hill:
Overnight Defense: Pentagon warns China after lasers injure US pilots
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THE TOPLINE: The United States has issued a formal warning to China after personnel at the Chinese military base in Djibouti used lasers to interfere with U.S. military aircraft, giving two pilots minor injuries, according to the Pentagon.
Top Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White told reporters Thursday that the U.S. is confident the Chinese are behind the "very serious incidents," which have increased in the past few weeks.
What exactly happened: White said there have been "more than two [and] less than 10" such instances where the Chinese used a high-power laser to disrupt pilots. The incidents have happened in the past but they have picked up in the past few weeks.
Read more at: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/386154-overnight-defense-pentagon-warns-china-after-lasers-injure-us (http://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/386154-overnight-defense-pentagon-warns-china-after-lasers-injure-us)
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We'd better develop a defense against this quickly.
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We'd better develop a defense against this quickly.
We already have one.
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We'd better develop a defense against this quickly.
A mirror?