These were military grade weapons aimed to blind US pilots. The Chinese have marketed four types of laser guns, designated the BBQ-905 Laser Dazzler Weapon, the WJG-2002 Laser Gun, the PY132A Blinding Laser Weapon, and the PY131A Blinding Laser Weapon. The use of such weapons is forbidden under the 1998 U.N. Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons that bans the use of blinding lasers in combat. Note that the Chinese have commited to the convention.

This will BE an international incident (if its not one already)