All while the tanks is moving. “The thermal sight can be used for 24 hours,” said James Shaffer, a systems engineer who worked on upgrades to the commander’s station for U.S. Marine Corps tanks.

French sanctions on Russia barred the export of the thermal cameras. Which is why, as Russian tank losses exceeded a thousand last summer—roughly a year into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine ...

In environments where visibility is compromised, conditions are unpredictable, and decisions must be made in real time, ...