Terrorists Explore Lasers as Weapons, U.S. Warns
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Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches.
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The U.S. military showed on Monday what it said was further evidence of Iranian-made weapons being used by Iraqi militants fighting American troops, including components to build sophisticated roadside bombs.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----      Nightclub Lasers Can Harm Eyes      Nightclub lasers may be a vision hazard, according to the United Kingdom's National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB).      The board said that laser beams are strong enough to cause serious injuries, but often come with inadequate safety information and are used by people with no laser safety experience, BBC News Online reported...
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The State Department on Saturday warned that terrorists were planning more attacks against Western targets in Indonesia over Christmas and New Years, reiterating advice to its citizens not to travel to the country.
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Lasers used in nightclubs could damage dancers' sight, researchers have warned.
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At Lawrence Livermore lab in northern  California and other national labs, U.S. scientists are hard at  work devising new inventions to monitor unlikely but horrific  dangers that could stem from future terrorist attacks.
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A laser beam was aimed at a police helicopter Friday &#151; one of several incidents involving aircraft across the country in the past week &#151; and federal authorities were questioning someone who had been at a house where they said the light had originated.
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The United States faces a range of  threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept.  11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin  Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S.  intelligence officials warned on Wednesday.
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Cameras watch for face twitchers The US will redirect the bulk of its investment in civil surveillance technology next year into the production of devices it can deploy in its war on terror.â¦
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2004 - Aviation authorities are investigating the latest in a string of incidents in which laser beams have been directed into the cockpits of commercial jets while in flight.
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Authorities are investigating a pilot&#39;s claim that three green laser beams shone into his cockpit as he approached Teterboro Airport late Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- At least a dozen cases of lasers being beamed into aircraft cockpits since Christmas are being investigated by the FBI. The lasers can temporarily blind pilots.
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The defense sector is busy with work on solid-state lasers that could shoot artillery shells out of the sky.
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China has beamed a ground-based laser at U.S. spy satellites over its territory, a U.S. agency said, in an action that exposed the potential vulnerability of space systems that provide crucial data to American troops and consumers around the world.
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The FBI is investigating several more reports of lasers being beamed into aircraft cockpits following a rash of similar incidents at the end of 2004.
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The U.S. military said it is testing a system to beam red and green lasers at aircraft in the Washington area as a warning when they enter restricted airspace.
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade explosive devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to the United States. But lawmakers and first responders say the Bush administration has been slow to devise a strategy for countering the weapons and has...