 Parzival  | 20 Mar 2019 1:02 p.m. PST |
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| Stryderg | 20 Mar 2019 1:14 p.m. PST |
They've been talking about it for long enough. |
| Zephyr1 | 20 Mar 2019 2:27 p.m. PST |
It would be pretty useful to disable inflatable boats; The Navy "Oh, their boat sank because it got a hole in the side? We didn't do anything to it…"  |
| mjkerner | 20 Mar 2019 2:29 p.m. PST |
Why not put them on sharks? |
| Winston Smith | 20 Mar 2019 2:40 p.m. PST |
It's probably against the Geneva Convention because it can possibly blind instead of kill.
Absurd, but that's in it.
Not that our sinister potential enemies would be bothered by that. |
| SaltyDog | 20 Mar 2019 3:39 p.m. PST |
The Royal Navy had a shipborne laser system in the 80s. Potentially to blind pilots of attacking aircraft. |
| Lion in the Stars | 20 Mar 2019 3:54 p.m. PST |
Deliberately blinding someone is against the Conventions, as are lasers designed specifically designed to do so. This laser is not designed to blind someone. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 20 Mar 2019 4:44 p.m. PST |
I think that Geneva Convention rule was a reaction to The Day of the Triffids. Disabling an inflatable boat is good, but a laser might be able to get the outboard motor's fuel tank to explode, which would be better. |
| dragon6 | 20 Mar 2019 9:00 p.m. PST |
Disabling an inflatable boat is good, but a laser might be able to get the outboard motor's fuel tank to explode, which would be better. Bravo! |
| David Manley | 20 Mar 2019 10:36 p.m. PST |
The RN's system was deigned to dazzle rather than blind, so that was ok. There are a number of laser designators and other systems that are powerful enough to blind but since they are not designed to do do then that is "ok" too. Clever words in convention texts….. |
| ZULUPAUL | 21 Mar 2019 1:50 a.m. PST |
So it is OK to kill but not blind someone…Hmmmm |
| David Manley | 21 Mar 2019 1:24 p.m. PST |
Indeed so. The prohibition of superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering leads to an apparent incongruity in international humanitarian law (IHL): while it would be generally lawful to kill a combatant, it is unlawful to inflict injuries or suffering beyond what is necessary to render them hors de combat. |
harvests scenario ideas from The Third World War.