The increasingly widespread applications of laser pointers and the growing number of incidents in connection with these devices being misused have aroused concerns about laser pointer safety. Recent ...

More idiots armed with cheap laser pointers are causing dangerous distractions for pilots than ever before. Some 13,000 laser strikes were reported to the Federal Aviation Administration by pilots in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police helicopter pilots are facing an increasing threat from the ground: laser pointers. These seemingly harmless devices can cause temporary blindness or spatial ...

To astronomers, the new breed of hand-held laser pointer is a way to write in the sky, its two-mile-long beam allowing them to trace constellations and point out individual stars. To a lost hiker, the ...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Miguel Gibson, 31st Fighter Wing flight safety manager, demonstrates how pointing a laser at an HH-60 Pave Hawk can illuminate the cockpit at Aviano Air Base, Italy, October ...

Aim a handheld laser pointer at an aircraft in flight and you can blind or disorient its pilots and jeopardize the safety of the craft and everyone aboard. It’s a federal crime punishable by up to ...

Laser strikes on aircraft flying near the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport and airports across the country have increased substantially in recent years. Laser pointers may seem like a fun ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — A Berkeley, Illinois man has been arrested for using a laser pointer to target aircraft. Saul Martinez Castanon, 36, was arrested by Illinois State Police on June 22. “Targeting ...

For those who love to hike, way out in nature, Wyoming is a must. But beware, being out in the middle of nowhere also means ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Army officials warn that pointing a laser at an aircraft goes beyond the risk to everyone’s safety, it also violates federal law. “Aiming lasers at Army aircraft is a large safety ...

The handheld laser pointers you can buy at office supplies stores are legally required to be no powerful than 0.005-watts, and most fall well below that threshold so they’re relatively safe to use.