Transcript for US files complaint with China over lasers aimed at American pilots in Djibouti

Pentagon is accusing kind of targeting US planes with powerful lasers in the skies over Africa. The US military says incidents. Have caused minor eye injuries to two American pilots. US officials have made a formal complaint to the Chinese Government about the use of lasers. The incidents took place over the last several weeks near US and Chinese bases in the Horn of Africa. They come amid heightened tensions between the US and China particularly over trade.

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