[Laser] Laser Pointer Incident Forces Emergency Landing of USCG Surveillance Jet

[KD7JYK DM09]

: It seems to me that government authorities continue to grossly
: misrepresent the facts and actual risk of retinal damage in these
: laser pointer incidents.  This could erroneously lead to crackdowns
: on amateur LASER DX experimentation.

How is it they point red/green lasers of up to many Watts directly into the 
cockpit of aircraft as a warning of a no-fly zone without problems?

Kurt