What’s the newest military technology? Lasers. But not pew-pew lasers, like you might be imagining. More like “ow, my eyes!” lasers.

Yes, a new military-grade laser is able to blind people from up to 2.5 miles away. Sure, it’s not meant to blind people, just to “hail and warn” them, but come on. They could aim this thing at an airplane and blind the pilots from the ground. We’ll see just how they end up using it.

BE Meyers via Danger Room via Gizmodo