Sigh autocorrect, *had very much the same thought

Had mother same thoughts around 2012-13 when ISIS and the Syria conflict kicked off and they had a lot of gear we always assumed was largely unavailable beyond a few camcorders so did some reading and found out the infantry tech gap closed quite a bit thanks to China.

OK, thanks…

Besides multiple other countries already making them and shipping everywhere? These are competing at the lower end of the middle market not the upper end that in theory would be newer military thermal. NVG analog gen 3 and various improvements qualifies as Chinese/Russian models barely hit gen 2. Digital night vision…..well it’s getting into useful territory to be sure but barely hits gen 2 at the high end.