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  HISTORY OF NIGHT VISION GOGGLES The night vision was first developed for military use during World War II.  Both the US and German armies developed night vision.  The United States also used the technology in the Korean War.  These were “active” devices that required the use of a large infrared illuminator to capture a decent image and are known as  Gen 0-night vision . Night vision devices came into widespread use during the Vietnam war with the development of Starlight technology, or  Gen 1-night vision .  These devices were “passive,” and worked by gathering the ambient light available.  Moonlight was required to capture a decent image.  They were capable of 1000x amplification of the available light. Improvements in the technology have continued to date with increases in the level of light amplification, image resolution, quality of optics, reliability, and signal-to-noise ratios. Gen 2-night vision  brought light amplifica...