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US warns China after lasers injure American pilots in Africa
The United States has issued a formal warning to China after personnel at the Asian country's military base in Djibouti used lasers to interfere with U.S. military aircraft, minorly injuring two pilots, according to the Pentagon.
Top Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White told reporters Thursday that the U.S. is confident the Chinese are behind the "very serious incidents," which have increased in the past few weeks.
"There have been two minor injuries. This activity poses a true threat to our airmen. We have formally demarched the Chinese government. And we've requested that that Chinese investigate these incidents," White said during a Pentagon briefing.
The U.S. government, meanwhile, has warned airmen to be cautious when flying in certain areas in Djibouti, in Africa, due to the recent incidents.
Also at CNN.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by RS3 on Friday May 04 2018, @05:48PM (8 children)
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @06:02PM (3 children)
So make sure and hurt them first? I get the angry sentiment, but that doesn't make it any less stupid of a statement.
Like seeing kids dropping pennies onto a freeway. Chance of anyone actually getting hurt is near zero, but you still think someone should go run them over.
Maybe the last few days of stories have riled people up a bit much. Calm down bruh.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Friday May 04 2018, @06:12PM (2 children)
Is your comment directed at me? If so, you have 100% misunderstood my comment. Perhaps you aren't familiar with that phrase?
Or did you click the wrong "Reply to This" button?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @09:49PM (1 child)
You should keep in mind the OP the thread was based on. Context.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @04:44PM
Wow, crazy mods. How is that a troll? The point was the OP advocated murder, quite a lot of hurt to put on someone. That was the premise.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday May 04 2018, @06:08PM (2 children)
It's all fun and games until someone loses a missile launcher.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @11:46PM (1 child)
In this case, it would be "looses" a missile launcher. As in: "... until someone sets loose a missile launcher."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @06:27AM
No, he's right. When someone finds that thing all heck is going to break loose.
How do you lose a missile launcher?
I don't know. Ask a US soldier in Iraq.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 05 2018, @08:58AM
How seriously hurt has to be someone to justify a killing?
Or it all depends on the nationality of the hurt and the hurter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0