What is FLIR?
Forward Looking Infrared. Heat imagery.
Forward looking infrared:
it’s usually a type of electronic volleyball on the front of a helicopter or other vehicles.
there’s a screen in side the cockpit that shows heat sources it sees, he like if someone’s firing weapon it will totally stand out in the background.
Decades ago the big deal was infrared but now it’s FLIR.
The technology is now good enough that they can even put expensive FlIR gun sights mounted on individual rifles for soldiers.