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Pilots Contend with Record Number of Laser Strikes, FAA Says
- sschueller 4y agoI can't read the article but what are the laws in the US regarding laser pointers? Here (Switzerland) they recently (summer 2019) changed the law and you can only own very low output laser pointers. In fact many I owned that aren't anything special like what you get now a days are no longer legal to own. This is after too many accidents and aircraft getting hit. There is little use for a laser in such a form factor. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/str/nis/laser/faktenblatt_laserpointer.pdf.download.pdf/2018-02-13_Faktenblatt-Laserpointer_D.pdf https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/ba... https://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/zuerich-ein-zuercher-bestellt-einen-laserpointer-in-china-und-bekommt-einen-strafbefehl-ld.2199174 https://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/zuerich-...
- mmierz 4y agoLasers are basically unregulated in the US, anyone can own a laser of any power. There are restrictions on lasers for specific purposes (like medical devices) and rules on marketing lasers above a certain power as "laser pointers"/