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Originally posted by Motive25:
Wasn't the military at one time looking at individual eye protection for this very reason? I know the Army experimented with a laser weapon that was intended "dazzle" enemy optics over a wide area of the battlefield, but cancelled it at least partly because of concerns that it violate the Geneva/Hague Conventions (could permanently blind people).

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Originally posted by Anbar7:

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Originally posted by Motive25:
Wasn't the military at one time looking at individual eye protection for this very reason? I know the Army experimented with a laser weapon that was intended "dazzle" enemy optics over a wide area of the battlefield, but cancelled it at least partly because of concerns that it violate the Geneva/Hague Conventions (could permanently blind people).

We do wear eye protection as well as everyother protection out there. Wouldn't think the laser would go through sun glasses and blind you, but maybe it does.

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Originally posted by Anbar7:

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Originally posted by Motive25:
Wasn't the military at one time looking at individual eye protection for this very reason? I know the Army experimented with a laser weapon that was intended "dazzle" enemy optics over a wide area of the battlefield, but cancelled it at least partly because of concerns that it violate the Geneva/Hague Conventions (could permanently blind people).

We do wear eye protection as well as everyother protection out there. Wouldn't think the laser would go through sun glasses and blind you, but maybe it does.

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Originally posted by ArtMarsh:

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Originally posted by Anbar7:

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Originally posted by Motive25:
Wasn't the military at one time looking at individual eye protection for this very reason? I know the Army experimented with a laser weapon that was intended "dazzle" enemy optics over a wide area of the battlefield, but cancelled it at least partly because of concerns that it violate the Geneva/Hague Conventions (could permanently blind people).

We do wear eye protection as well as everyother protection out there. Wouldn't think the laser would go through sun glasses and blind you, but maybe it does.

It does go through ordinary sun glasses. those kind of glasses are no protection at all. I was Facility Chief at Ft. Rucker's aerial gunnery range complex and that was always a point of contention with the tower controllers… The cobras and Apaches continuously forgot to turn their laser systems off while in the traffic pattern and would often times lase the towers. With two controllers inside.

The Army said it was too expensive to retrofit the towers. I have no idea if they ever corrected the problem or not.

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Originally posted by crackerjacks61:
The laser safety training we got on F14s was simple: Don't look in the laser...

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Originally posted by L0A1:

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Originally posted by crackerjacks61:
The laser safety training we got on F14s was simple: Don't look in the laser...

LOL, good one. I am talking about Calfex (War games Combine Logistic fire excerises) when it was accidental. LOL

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Originally posted by crackerjacks61:

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Originally posted by Anbar7:

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Originally posted by Motive25:
Wasn't the military at one time looking at individual eye protection for this very reason? I know the Army experimented with a laser weapon that was intended "dazzle" enemy optics over a wide area of the battlefield, but cancelled it at least partly because of concerns that it violate the Geneva/Hague Conventions (could permanently blind people).

We do wear eye protection as well as everyother protection out there. Wouldn't think the laser would go through sun glasses and blind you, but maybe it does.

We have ballistic / laser protective shields.