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Re:Cat S22 Flip Phone by flir on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:00PM (#31499450)
The frame rate is a US government limitation. Turns out they get huffy if you start selling high-frame-rate (defined as >9fps?) LWIR cameras.
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Re:Cat S22 Flip Phone by aidenn0 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:08PM (#31500166)
Is that because it would ease creating all aspect heat seeking weapons?
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Re:Cat S22 Flip Phone by H8crilA on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:58PM (#31500466)
Yes, and particularly because some of the, hmm, "good" players out there still haven't developed domestic capabilities. I'm talking about Russia.

This is the kind of stuff that should've been completely sanctioned for decades. It's just completely fucked up to find western IR sensors in guided ammunition used against civilians in Ukraine.

EDIT: details: https://infraredcameras.com/thermal-camera-export-restrictio...

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Re:Cat S22 Flip Phone by sebcat on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:11AM (#31500832)
ITAR, described in the link, is one thing. There is also the Wassenaar arrangement[1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassenaar_Arrangement

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Re:Cat S22 Flip Phone by aidenn0 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:43PM (#31509554)
Doesn't Russia have the AA-11 (R-73)?

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Some brief research indicates that the AIM-9X and ASRAAM may both have wider off-boresight and IRCCM compared to the AA-11, with the IR sensor possibly contributing to this.

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