by Bill Gertz
China’s military has equipped its forces with blinding laser weapons in apparent violation of an international agreement signed by Beijing.
“China has been updating its home-made blinding laser weapons in recent years to meet the needs of different combat operations,” the official military newspaperPLA Daily reported Dec. 9.
“Blinding laser weapons are primarily used to blind … targets with laser[s] in [the] short distance, or interfere [with] and damage … laser and night vision equipment,” the brief photo report stated.
A State Department official expressed concerns that the weapons appear to violate a provision of the United Nations 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. The convention includes a 1998 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons banning their use in combat.
Bovine excrement. The State Department is uncomfortable with this? Were they uncomfortable with Abu Ghraib? Are they uncomfortable with unconstitutional wars? How about depleted uranium munitions used by US military in the Middle East? Bombing hospitals? Seems the pot calling the kettle black. “All’s fair in love and war.” That’s why war should be the last, not first, resort. Something the criminal traitors in DC should consider…