Skip to comments.
Enhanced Night Vision Goggle
Army News Service ^
| 30 March 2009
| staff
Posted on 04/30/2010 12:44:25 PM PDT by gandalftb
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-51 last
To: M Kehoe
LOL.....yeah. Took too long a nap after work this afternoon and can’t sleep......yet !
Just getting ready to hit the hay , sorry I missed ya this PM.
Have a safe weekend !
41
posted on
04/30/2010 11:05:57 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Travis McGee
Temp is irrelevant as long as the temps are changing as they do in the desert. The scope resolution is based on a contrast of thermal radiation from nearby objects. When there is a lot of humidity or fog and temps tend to balance out, the view gets muddy. Cold air does create much bigger contrasts and you can turn down the gain and really see well.
Hotter temps do create thermal currents that obscure, not much of a problem at night.
There is still a window of time at sunrise and sunset that viewing is difficult.
42
posted on
05/01/2010 8:54:50 AM PDT
by
gandalftb
(OK State: Go Cowboys)
To: gandalftb
I try to stay current with the tech in my fiction writing. In my latest I'm working on, the protag is a former Marine, who uses a monocular night scope and an IR pointer on his rifle. If you get time, see if I make too many errors here. It's been decades since I was an operator.
"Castigo Cay," extended excerpt.
![](http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/bookcover.jpg)
![](http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/dewebmediumGUEST.jpg)
43
posted on
05/01/2010 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Travis McGee
The catch phrase is overmatching the enemy. There are coming advances with a fusion scope using a .1 lux CMOS. I was issued a .2 lux CMOS HD video cam and with no IR or I2 illumination could see better than the naked eye in the dark, very cool, mini USB, sat uplink, you're on candid camera in the Pentagon, Obama can call the trigger pulls....
Going totally passive with no telltale signals is a very near reality.
44
posted on
05/01/2010 9:04:40 AM PDT
by
gandalftb
(OK State: Go Cowboys)
To: gandalftb
I’m all about overmatch. In my novels, the UAVs have come home, and are searching out curfew-breaking patriots. Overmatch is great when you have it, not so great when you are playing the “G.”
45
posted on
05/01/2010 9:07:53 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Travis McGee
You are definitely dialed in, I purposely did not mention the IR laser. It’s now deployed and a crowd pleaser, we are integrating it into shoulder-fired missile and JDAM targeting. No more red laser beams either giving us away or can’t be seen in daylight.
46
posted on
05/01/2010 9:09:56 AM PDT
by
gandalftb
(OK State: Go Cowboys)
To: Travis McGee
Depends on the target(s). Thank God the hajis don’t know what I know, or we’d be screwed in-country.
47
posted on
05/01/2010 9:11:32 AM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
To: gandalftb
Is the PAQ-4 still in use, or the 22? I’m not really in any loop, I just hear stuff here and there, but not verifiable.
48
posted on
05/01/2010 11:40:37 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Future Snake Eater
Are you still a future snake eater, or a current one by now???
49
posted on
05/01/2010 11:41:23 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Travis McGee
Nope, life happened, I’m now a BDE-level computer guy (on R&R right now from my BDE’s Afghanistan deployment), married, with two little girls. I’ve emailed JohnRob a couple of times to change my handle, but I guess he’s busy!
How’s the authoring biz?
50
posted on
05/01/2010 11:48:04 AM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
To: Future Snake Eater
Well I’m glad you have a familia. Nothing in life is worth more than that. The authoring biz is pretty good and getting better. Check out that Castigo Cay (next book) link up thread a few, let me know what you think if you get a chance.
51
posted on
05/01/2010 4:59:46 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-51 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson