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Subject: LASER INJURIES                                                  

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Folder Title: TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS - MSG FILE LOGS 28 NOV 90                                       

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        SUBJ: LASER INJURIES
        REF/A/FM B-50, PREVENRION AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER INJURIES,
        AIJOUST 1990.
         1. BACKGROUND:
             A. LASERS PRODUCE AN INTENSE, NARROW BEAM OF LIGHT NORMALLY ON
        A SINGLE FREQUENCY EITHER IN THE VISIBLE OR OUTSIDE THE VISIBLE
        FN'ANGE. ENERGY MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO SEVERELY INJURE OR BURN THE EYES
        OR SKIN OF PERSONNEL. RANGE FINDERS AND  TARGET DESIGNATORS MAY RESULT
        IN ACCIDENTAL INJURY TO THE EYE. OPFOR   DEVICES USED AS ANTIPERSONNEL
        WEAPONS DISRUPT MILITARY F'ERFORMANCE BY REDUCING A SOLDIER'S ABILITY
        TO SEE.
             S. THE VERY NARROW BEAM OVER LONG   DISTANCES BECOMES
        I-'ROGRESSIVELY WIDER: TYPICALLY I METER PER KILOMETER. HIGH ENOUGH
        EXPOSURES COULD BURN CLOTHING OR SKIN.   MOST LASERS ARE NOT POWERFUL
        ENOUGH TO GENERATE BURNS; HOWEVER, THE EYE FOCUSES AND CONCENTRATES



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 UP TO 100,000 TIMES THE ENTERING ENERGY.
        HIGHER ENERGIES CREATE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INJURIES RANGING FROM
        VL7RY TINY LESIONS IN THE BACK OF THE EYE TO SEVERE BURNS AFFECTING
        VAST PORTIONS OF THE EXPOSED BODY. EYE INJURIES ARE OF GREAT
        CONCERN.
            PREVENTION/PROTECTION.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-29
Box ID = BX000429
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS - MSG FILE LOGS 28 NOV 90
Folder Seq # = 10
Subject = LASER INJURIES
Document Seq # = 83
Document Date =
Scan Date = 25-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996