Ministry of Defence written question – answered on 26th January 2016.
Rehman Chishti
Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on military aircraft were recorded in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
There have been some 470 laser related Defence Air Safety Occurrence Reports received in the last five years involving UK military aircraft. Some 250 occurred in the UK and 220 overseas. It is not possible to determine whether laser pens were responsible for each incident.
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No0 people think not
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