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To: Ish who wrote (93007)	12/30/2004 4:55:37 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) of 793764

There are very few examples of specifically designed anti-personnel laser weapons. The Chinese are the only identifiable state that has openly marketed an offensive anti-personnel laser –the ZM-87 (capable of flash blinding out to 10 kilometres).101 The United States seems to be straddling the fence. According to some, the U.S. is re-designating or retooling certain systems as dazzlers. Two articles refer to the Sabre 203, a device mounted on an M-16 rifle and capable of interfering with vision out to a range of 300 metres. Another device is a Laser Countermeasure System capable of blinding out to one kilometre.102 Whether these are true anti-material weapons developed to neutralize optical sights or whether they are designed simply to incapacitate the users of those sights may be difficult to answer. The US Stingray is a combat protection system designed to enhance survivability against enemy optical devices. It uses a laser to prevent enemy personnel from employing battlefield optics by threatening potential eye injury to anyone using such a system at the time of the Stingray's deployment. It is a scout platoon level system for use by battalion commanders.103 dfait-maeci.gc.ca

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