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The Electronic Battlefield
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Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaisance Equipment (ISTAR)
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition And Reconnaissance (ISTAR) equipment includes image-intensifying goggles, lightweight thermal imagers and laser target markers. Thermal imaging (TI) turns heat into light – allowing the user to see through darkness, rain or undergrowth. Body heat makes people appear bright: vehicles are visible by the heat from their engines – or even from warm tyres. LION is a lightweight thermal imager used at platoon level to detect targets at medium range, while Sophie is a long-range system deployed at company level. TADS is a thermal imaging sight which can be fitted to the long-range L96 Sniper Rifle used by sniper teams. Larger and more powerful thermal imagers are Spyglass and OTIS, which is used by artillery observers and is normally mounted on the Warrior Observation Post Vehicle.
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