Name: Did China Shoot Lasers at US Pilots in Djibouti?
Uploaded: 2021-06-30T14:17:32.000Z
Duration: 5 min 37 s
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Remember when laser weapons were the domain

Well, the future of military-grade lasers has arrived

this laser weapon developed for the US military

a Tactical High Energy Laser code named THEL.

It can track, lock onto, and fire a laser

at an incoming missile or artillery shell

In fact, some laser weapons are so dangerous

But... it seems that the Chinese military

just used a laser weapon on American pilots.

while playing Pokemon and listening to Britney Spears

There have been about ten recent incidents

allegedly pointed high-powered lasers at US planes

It's been happening in the African nation of Djibouti—

where both the US and China have military bases

A DOD spokesperson said that in a recent incident,

This activity poses a threat to our airmen.

Their spokesperson also demanded that reporters

opened its first ever foreign military base

about a mile away from the US base in Djibouti,

U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser

diplomatically said there's a lot of “learning” and “growing”

going on because this is the first time ever

“very significant operational security concerns.”

on the Horn of Africa is also putting pilots at risk.

The Federal Aviation Administration last month published

a warning to pilots to use extreme caution in the area.

They said, “There have been multiple lazing events

involving a high-power laser in the vicinity.”

I thought lazing events looked more like this.

But according to the South China Morning Post,

“Chinese military observers say the lasers

may have been used to scare away birds.”

I can see how a C-130 Hercules cargo plane

that weighs 30 tons and has a wingspan of 120 feet

could be mistaken for a flock of seagulls.

And of course there's no way the Chinese military

part of Chinese territory since ancient times.

the possibility that some overzealous Chinese personnel

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