[Hannibal]

Sadly, another planted story to drive the masses into a frenzy, i'm afraid...

Next story: "WE MUST BAN ALL LASERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


http://news.yahoo.co..._beam&printer=1

Government Says Terrorists May Use Lasers

8 minutes ago

By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Terrorists may seek to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches, federal officials are warning in a bulletin distributed nationwide.

The memo sent by the FBI (news - web sites) and the Homeland Security Department says there is evidence that terrorists have explored using lasers as weapons, though there is no specific intelligence indicating al-Qaida or other groups might use lasers in the United States.
"Although lasers are not proven methods of attack like improvised explosive devices and hijackings, terrorist groups overseas have expressed interest in using these devices against human sight," the memo said.
"In certain circumstances, if laser weapons adversely affect the eyesight of both pilot and co-pilot during a non-instrument approach, there is a risk of airliner crash," the agencies said.


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[Hannibal]

Krazy Ted Kazinsky's reply:

"shit why didn't I think of that, thanks fer tellin me!"

[Kirby]

Add another harmless item to the big glass box of things you cant take into a plane.
I wonder if we can still bring magazines ever since Borne Supieriority came out.

[SimeSublime]

This is just getting ridiculous. Why not ban doughnuts as the smell may potentially tempt the pilot and co-pilot out of the cockpit, allowing the plane to fall from the sky.

Edit: punctuation mistakes.

This post has been edited by SimeSublime: 11 December 2004 - 04:52 AM

[Slade]

Hannibal, that simply can not be a true story. What the hell are they going to do? Climb up to the tops of mountains and wait until an airliner passes by, and then try to shine laser pointers into the cockpits of a jet at 30,000 feet?

GET SERIOUS. Actually, read it closely. It said that they've experimented with it. Then they probably laughed and said "This will never work unless we steal jetpacks and learn to survive at the altitude an average passenger jet flys at. It's still easier just to bomb people."

Hey, where are the other terrorist cells, anyway? I don't even know any name but our two minute hate Al-Queda.

[J m HofMarN]

Slade I'm sorry to say it is. The airlines have reported that lazers have been shines into cockpits as planes are landing (so they're on a pretty straight course at low altitudes) However what these idiots don't grasp is that if you take away -sigh- lazer pointers, the terrorists will just continue to use every thing imaginable until they're reduced to even using rocks as weapons. Bin Laden already laid out the best possible plan for stopping terrorism, just noone's listening, so look forward to terror warnings about hot dog stands, cds (they can be turned into ninja sstars of death!) and possibly change (put in a sock and used to incapacitate people)