Our Army continues to own the night

A collaboration between BAE Systems and the U.S. Army has paid off with the success of the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and Family of Weapon Sight-Individual (ENVG III/FWS-I) program. Military officials were so impressed with the program that a $97 million order for the devices was placed this Spring.

The new night vision goggles give the following advantages:

• Soldiers will no longer need to switch between night vision goggles and weapon-mounted thermal sights to engage an enemy.
• Wireless technology allows a soldier to “see” what the rifle “sees,” which negates the need to look through a weapons sight.
• Ultra-sharp images remove the need to ‘paint’ targets with lasers.
• The new technology does a better job of seeing “through” obstacles “like dense foliage.”
• ENVG III/FWS-I weigh less than previous iterations of the technology.

A monocular used by troops even allows them to “shoot from around a building corner” or “above their heads with accuracy while safely tucked behind a giant concrete barrier,” Fox News reported.

“That’s an incredible advantage,” Ms. Barrie said. “That sort of precision, the ability to be able to see so precisely with such clarity, will really enable our soldiers to distinguish between someone who’s a threat and not a threat. … It doesn’t really get much better than that.”

So, what do the Iranians have?  Maybe the Norks are smart to surrender (because that is in fact what they're doing), as we would fight them non stop 24/7 with these once the festivities began.