I understand that "passive" Gen 3 night vision just sucks in the ambient light.
But "active" night vision blasts out either an IR laser beam or an IR floodlight, which the NV magnifies, say, on really dark nights.
My question: FLIR is "forward-looking infrared". Does that mean FLIR can "see" the IR laser or floodlight when NV (say, a PVS-14) is being used in "active" mode?
If not, why not?
But "active" night vision blasts out either an IR laser beam or an IR floodlight, which the NV magnifies, say, on really dark nights.
My question: FLIR is "forward-looking infrared". Does that mean FLIR can "see" the IR laser or floodlight when NV (say, a PVS-14) is being used in "active" mode?
If not, why not?