| class="googleright"> | | | | new ability. |
| Around the 1950âs scientists and engineers | | | | Darkness has always been an issue during the war, |
| from the US Army discovered the first viable method | | | | how do you fight an enemy you cannot see. Prior to |
| for showing the faintest of light, know as | | | | the discovery of night vision technology, soldiers battled |
| electromagnetic radiation, that was not within the visible | | | | during the night with various primitive methods, including |
| spectrum for the human eye. With this discovery | | | | the use of fire, and more modern times, electric search |
| began the journey to our modern day near daylight | | | | lights. |
| night vision devices. This enabled soldiers to fight as | | | | But on the battlefield these methods were also a |
| well during the night as they did in the daytime. | | | | disadvantage , not only could they see the enemy but |
| âOwn the Nightâ became the soliders | | | | the enemy could see them, and what they were up to. |