Do U.S Forces Have a Night Warfare Advantage?

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Today every average American infantryman is equipped with a pair of Night vision goggles and PEQ15 IR laser on their rifle allowing them to easily acquire and engage targets at night at distances of over 300 meters. This equipment is largely responsible for western militaries owning the night unopposed for the past few decades allowing them to destroy numerically superior forces. But would the US still have that advantage against an adversary like China or Russia?

Written by: Chris Cappy

Edited by: Savvy Studios

In 2020 we started to see China’s People’s Liberation army issuing their soldiers with Night Vision devices. But exactly how many PLA troops have them and how advanced are they? When researching the question I quickly realized this is a very heavily guarded secret within the CCP. It’s one of the most overlooked and least understood aspects of the PLA. And all of this is increasingly important on a tactical level because I think we’re going to start to see these sensors used by ground troops even during daylight hours.

First we’ll cover the history of how the US came to own the night and the next generation systems America is deploying now to maintain night superiority, then we’ll dive into Russia an

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