US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say
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Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.
  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Could have easily been a small plane instead

    Couldn’t it also cause problems for a large plane? I’m pretty sure if I shined my little green laser into the sky under the approach for a local airport I’d get a knock on the door pretty fast.

    • SGforce@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, but I’m assuming they didn’t mean to shoot drone. They hopefully wouldn’t mistake a passenger jet for a practice target.