Strange Night Vision Devices of the Present and Past with Nick Chen
T.REX TALK4 Kesä 2024

Strange Night Vision Devices of the Present and Past with Nick Chen

Night vision has been one of the most magical and mysterious capabilities fielded by many militaries over many decades. However, times have changed, and Gen 3 night vision is now pretty commonplace for soldiers and civilians alike. PVS-14s and PVS-31s are the Glocks of night vision devices, and yet there are many more strange and esoteric ways to see in the dark then you can possibly imagine. Nick Chen both collects and documents the capabilities of some of the world's rarest goggles and observational tool, and he shows us some in this conversation.

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How Gun Owners of America are Defending Your Rights - with Ben Sanderson

How Gun Owners of America are Defending Your Rights - with Ben Sanderson

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How to Escape a Gun-Free Culture with Henry Chan

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A little-known part of Henry Chan's backstory is that he grew up in colonial Hong Kong, an area almost devoid of privately-owned firearms. How did he go from anti-gun to owning five times more guns th...

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Augmented Reality for Combat Training - With Overmatch

Augmented Reality for Combat Training - With Overmatch

In the midst of all the latest news with Anduril and IVAS, let's check in on other Augmented Reality companies. Today we talk to Gage Galinger of Overmatch, a software/hardware team that has built an ...

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How the New York Times Covers GunTube - With Thomas Gibbons-Neff

How the New York Times Covers GunTube - With Thomas Gibbons-Neff

Last week, the New York Times published a fascinating article "How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture." Even  more fascinatingly, it ended up on the front page. Today, Isaac talks to the reporte...

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15 Days of Trump - Speed, Surprise, and Violence of Action

15 Days of Trump - Speed, Surprise, and Violence of Action

In the first two weeks, the new administration has taken a perfectly normal course of action, such as new appointments, new executive orders, and executed it very quickly. However, they have combined ...

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History of the ATF 4: Learning all the Wrong Lessons

History of the ATF 4: Learning all the Wrong Lessons

Our long-running series of long explorations into past ATF activities finally makes it to current day! And what may surprise you are the ways that bad laws, bad assumptions, and deep ignorance continu...

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History of the ATF 3: Doubling Down on Disaster

History of the ATF 3: Doubling Down on Disaster

After the horror of Ruby Ridge and the brutality of Waco, you might expect the newly elected Clinton Administration to blame their predecessors and walk back some of the abuses of the ATF. Instead, th...

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