The history of Russian and Soviet forward looking infrared, infrared homing missiles, infrared line scanning, infrared search and track, low light level television, and image intensification devices.
History of Soviet and Russian Night Vision Technology In this essay we will go over the history of soviet and Russian night vision technology and debunk many myths. We will go over all areas relating to night vision technology. LLLTV = Low Light Level Television IRLS = Infrared Line Scanning IRST = Infrared Search and Track FLIR = Forward Looking Infrared IID = Image Intensification Devices IRHM = Infrared Homing Missiles Areas that will be added are laser based imaging and early flash photography. This is mainly about disproving 4 ideas. Soviets never had FLIR (or only few Prototypes) Russia had to buy French FLIR to catch up to 2nd Generation Russia has no domestic 3rd Generation FLIR That the soviets were decades behind the US in night vision (image intensifiers) Answers 1. Soviets had FLIR in mass use by 80s 2....