Laser Attack on Commercial Jets

Been hearing some strange reporting around this story. The MSM keeps saying that is shows sophistication in the attack.

That case, like all the others being investigated by the FBI is involved a mysterious laser light entering the cockpit of commercial airliners at altitudes that officials say indicate sophisticated lasers are involved.

"The beam was green in color. It is my understanding green lights are more intense a night than red lasers. It can disturb the flight of the aircraft or the landing of the aircraft," says Bob Hawk of the FBI.

I've even heard on the idiot box that green lasers are only used by the military and that lasers available to the public are only red. Someone hasn't done their research very well. It took a single google search to come up with 155,000 hits. Just look here.

There has been reported a total of six different incidents in various cities.

The troubling thing is that the lasers track the aircraft. And that the sources of the lights may be sourced 15 miles away. That sounds like military style equipment to me. Though the news has mentioned the Laser Dazzler they fail to give much information on it. From what I've found the Dazzler is unlikely to be what is being used. It is a hand held device, and Effective Range is described as:

The Dazzler can shoot a cone of light three feet wide at a distance of 20 feet. With the use of lenses, the width of the cone can be adjusted to a point where it would nearly fill a room in an average-size house.

This doesn't sound like you could track an aircraft nor be effective at several miles range.

Some meteorologists in Seattle are saying it could be St. Elmo's fire. Somehow that explanation sounds far too implausible.

Pranks with copy cats around the country sounds more plausible, but still doesn't sound as plausible, especially if you've ever used a laser pointer and tried to hit a small object, never mind tracking a small moving object.

Terrorists with military technology? At this time, I'd say that is the most plausible for the facts that I've found. Though having 6 different occurrences in various cities makes me think it less likely.

Any thoughts?