Originally Posted by
a0cake
Fun stuff, isn't it? Though I'm intimately familiar with all this equipment (thanks taxpayers), I can only imagine how great it must be to personally own it.
I don't know just how deep your pockets go, but if price is no object, consider the following:
IMO, the ultimate setup for low-light, semi-passive long range target interdiction is a Long Range Thermal Video Imaging System (LRTV) or similar, combined with clip-on NV. Your spotter / observer ID's the target with the Thermal Viewer, then blips the IR Laser on target. Even though the shooter can't see shit, especially not the target, since there's no active IR illumination besides the focused laser, he may engage the target simply by aiming at the spotter's IR marker (which is relatively low profile compared to an IR flood).
There's just something incredibly cool about engaging a target you can't even see. Try it if you ever get a chance.