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GI Eyes Damaged by Lasers

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq, March 30, 2009 -- Laser "friendly fire" incidents are on the rise in Iraq, with inflicted damage ranging from severe migraines to partial blindness, the military is reporting. Since November 2008, the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (3d ESC), the US Army unit that supplies battlefield troops with logistics support, fuel, weapons, and other supplies, has experienced 12 green laser incidents involving 14 soldiers. Three soldiers required medical evacuation out of Iraq and one is now blind in one eye, reported Sgt. Crystal Reidy of the 3d ESC in a news release. Coalition forces use many different...Read full article

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    Published: March 2009
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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