‘You Don’t Want to Play Laser Tag With Us,’ US Navy Tells China Over Pacific Incident

The Laser Weapon System temporarily installed aboard the destroyer USS Dewey in San Diego, Calif., on July 30, 2012. U.S. Navy/John F. Williams

The U.S. Navy has sent an apparent warning to China that it better stop harassing American service members, following an incident in which a Chinese warship aimed a military-grade laser at a Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane.

“You don’t want to play laser tag with us,” the Navy posted on its official Instagram account on Feb. 28.