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May 13, 2003

North Korea Possibly Aimed Laser at U.S. Aircraft in March

North Korea's military may have aimed a laser at a U.S. helicopter in March, a U.S. official said Tuesday, shortly after the North reaffirmed its decision to nullify an agreement to remain free of nuclear weapons. The aircraft's censors detected the unknown type of laser while it was flying near the heavily fortified frontier that divides the two Koreas, the U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity. No one was injured and no equipment was damaged in the incident.
"Two USFK (United States Forces Korea) pilots during a routine training mission in March were alerted by onboard laser detecting equipment that laser systems may have illuminated their aircraft," he said. He did not elaborate on the kind of laser.

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Posted by michele at May 13, 2003 07:04 AM

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Too bad we can't respond in kind with this:

http://popularmechanics.com/science/military/2003/4/beyond_bullets/

Posted by: Byron at May 13, 2003 11:55 AM

Annoying little shits these Koreans are...

Stomp their asses with tactical nukes!

Posted by: Original Mark at May 13, 2003 03:15 PM

Images of Kim Jong-Il saying:
"All I wanted was some frickin' sharks with laser beams on their heads!"

Maybe he got 'em! (Or maybe they're just Sea Bass)

Orion

Posted by: Orion at May 13, 2003 05:23 PM

Jesus - that's quite the breakthrough in LASER tech...Give it 10 years and people aren't going to be able to use much of anything against the US Military.

Orion

Posted by: Orion at May 13, 2003 05:28 PM

For the record the US has refused to include laser blinding weapons in weapons limitation treaties. Meaning we probably have them as well.

Posted by: brian at May 13, 2003 05:29 PM

Dude, just start arming the SK DMZ boarder tour groups with laser pens. 100 boy scouts with 10$ blinding red dots flashing over the NK millitary guards aughta drive em nuts.

Posted by: Ronin at May 14, 2003 01:54 PM

I doubt the NK border guards are fazed by much. They are about the most crack troops on the planet.

Posted by: Ian at May 14, 2003 09:50 PM

navy seals would eat nk border guards for breakfast if they could

Posted by: gijoe at May 15, 2003 04:02 AM