U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes
The Hill: Military pilots attacked with laser beams 350 times in last 7 months: report
U.S. military pilots flying in the Middle East are facing laser pointer attacks at a rate higher than the Pentagon has previously acknowledged, according to a report.
Officials at U.S. Air Forces Central Command in Qatar told The Wall Street Journal that military pilots in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have reported 350 attacks in the first seven months of 2018, a sharp increase from 400 attacks overall in 2017.
Such attacks had been declining in recent years, officials said, but are on the rise in 2018 and are linked to terrorist groups including the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al Qaeda.
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Update: US Military Pilots in Mideast Increasingly Attacked by Lasers – Pentagon (Pentagon)
WNU Editor: It looks like this is becoming the new normal for American pilots in the Middle East.
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More evidence of the changing mood in Quebec.
Anon,
I live here. The mood is definitely changing.
Very smart warfare tactic if ever used as one.
Make an example or two. Pinpoint the site they're lasing from and drop 500 pounds of precision guided cement on it. Minimal collateral damage and kills the laser jihadis.
INERT,
GBU-12,
R,
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