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January 04, 2005
Lasering Pilots: Anti-Laser Contact Lenses For Flight Crew?
This site is a bit left-leaning for my tastes, but he seems to keep abreast of interesting military developments.
This article notes the work the Chinese and North Koreans are doing on blinding-laser technology (we've pretty much scrapped such efforts, due to a Clinton ban).
And here is an article on anti-laser contact lenses:
The contact lens sits on the eye, the entire cornea and pupil are covered, so there is no chance of a reflection, or high angle incident beam, sneaking behind the LEP [Laser Eye Protection]. Therefore, coupled with the appropriate laser protection technology, contact lenses provide a perfectly sized defense against eye injury, eliminating direct and off-axis retinal hazards from today’s most dangerous military lasers that operate in the far red and near infrared spectrum (670 nm – 1200 nm).