⇥ So this is how you take down one of them helicopters

In man vs. helicopter, the cops win.

No charges in torch shining case:

A man who was arrested after he shone a torch at an Apache attack helicopter flying “10ft” above his garden will not be charged, police have said.

“Don’t tell the Taliban that all they need is a 10-quid torch to bring down some of our finest young fliers in their multi-million pound, high-tech gunships,” he said.

I have taken flight lessons and, while it’s true that they teach you that lights shining from the ground can disorient you, they also teach you that flying below 1,000ft. over a built-up area (500ft. over farmland) without your beacon and position lights on is against the law—way against the law.