Freaking Laser Beams

Reading one of the local rags today and came across a wonderful little story.

A convicted robber has been sent back to jail after he was caught shining a laser pen at a police helicopter.

The coppers said that the yob flooded the cockpit with green light, dazzling the co-pilot and preventing the pilot from reading the controls.

Well, yes of course this little turd was a fool but come on, 'Flooding the cockpit with Green light.'

How big was the freaking pen?

I have been on a bus where a group of tracksuit clad troglodytes shone lasers into the drivers face and he managed to not plough into passengers.

Also, I hope the Taliban doesn't clock onto this weakness of British pilots. I've seen a bloke down the market who will sell these laser pens at 5 for a £1. We haven't got enough helicopters in Afghanistan as it is without the Taliban using this type of state-of-the-art gadgetry.