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Am putting together various "threat" items to have ready to brief next week. Came across this on Militaryphotos.net. Since I am not a SME on thermal I pose this question to you, does this sound legit??
Any insulator will help lower your thermal signature. Some are better than others. In an after-action report about Afghanistan I read about how the talibs would pull their blanket (forget what it's called) over themselves and "disappear" from the view of the thermal imagers on aircraft. No big surprise here - Afghan nomads and shepherds always carry a wool blanket with them that they use as everything from a prayer mat to a kitchen table to a sleeping bag. It's highly insulating, and because they are usually not dyed and are never washed they take in enough of the local dirt to make them the ultimate visual camouflage for Afghanistan as well.
Cheers FDL
Any insulator will help lower your thermal signature. Some are better than others. In an after-action report about Afghanistan I read about how the talibs would pull their blanket (forget what it's called) over themselves and "disappear" from the view of the thermal imagers on aircraft. No big surprise here - Afghan nomads and shepherds always carry a wool blanket with them that they use as everything from a prayer mat to a kitchen table to a sleeping bag. It's highly insulating, and because they are usually not dyed and are never washed they take in enough of the local dirt to make them the ultimate visual camouflage for Afghanistan as well.
Cheers FDL