How to mess with attacker's night vision?

[Sam7sf]

Yeah, I've done quite alot of that. This thread question was about how I might apply that to NV...

At this point I'm thinking I may add IR flood panels to enhance my security camera range and flood the area with more IR (this on night mode).

Add more driveway motion detector alarms at gates and on trails and run cheap game cams (used as IR emitters) set to long exposure in tandem with them.

Add more white LED flood panels on remote switch(s) to put my house behind a dark curtain (I use very minimal light in the house at night now, and by the time I decide (if ever) I actually need to use this stuff, I will probably be using even less and have house power switched to off-grid).

Lastly, I am going to have to have some NV of my own to take advantage of the flood of IR I will be casting. Initially, that may only be some kind of cheap monocular.

The advantage (to me) of this plan is that it is modular, most of it is useful even before a threat arises, and most won't require any permanent installation. It will use lots of batteries, but I already use loads of rechargeables.

There ya go. I like it.

 

[gll]

I think you misunderstood my point.

If something goes bump in the night, I can hit a button on my key fob and turn on my headlights. My truck is backed in, wife pulls in forward. Mine will instantly illuminate all the way to the pipe fence at the road. Wife’s will illuminate out the back to the wood line. 100 yards in each direction.

OK, yeah, I did misunderstand. I've tried that too... only bad aspect is the lights don't stay on very long, but they do cast a long bright beam! Backing a vehicle in, so it's ready to go out is really always a good idea anyway!

 

[cycleguy2300]

Lots of lighting are a benefit, regardless of whether the bad guys have NV or not. People up to no good, don't like to be lit up with lots of light.

Or just a little light to draw their attention and lure their movement into your LOS

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[KJQ6945]

Don’t rule out thermal. As the technology advances, they get better, smaller, and cheaper.

 

[gll]

Don’t rule out thermal. As the technology advances, they get better, smaller, and cheaper.

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Nice! But, that $3k for a super hogster is still beyond me!

 

[baboon]

If an attacker is using NV, they are using the cover of darkness to their advantage. You take away their advantage when you turn on the lights.

Or they take out your head lights and dog with a suppressed gun! And I’m talking about the really quiet one specifically for that purpose.

 

[gll]

Or they take out your head lights and dog with a suppressed gun! And I’m talking about the really quiet one specifically for that purpose.

At least maybe then I know where they are... And now that they killed my dog, I'm really pissed!

No plan survives unscathed, right?

Luck beats preparation, but you can't depend on it.

 

[grumper]

Night vision doesn't work if your pit bull eats their eyes. You need to start raising about 100 of them on your farm.

Giant snakes, alligators, or huge spiders work too.

 

[Dave Z]

Just build a 12’ wall around the place topped with concertina wire and a deep pit on the back side to break the legs of anyone who manages to fall on your side.

It needs to be a brick wall with old wine bottles cemented in along the top edge, then you break the bottles so that the entire top is shards of glass. I saw that being done in Turkey. It discourages climbing the wall.

 

[baboon]

It needs to be a brick wall with old wine bottles cemented in along the top edge, then you break the bottles so that the entire top is shards of glass. I saw that being done in Turkey. It discourages climbing the wall.

They are common in many parts of TEXAS too.

 

[IXLR8]

A couple of 1+ watt lasers will keep everyone a target rather than a threat.

 

[baboon]

Don't fear the night, fear what hunt in the night!

 

[gll]

Don't fear the night, fear what hunt in the night!

Yeah, exactly...

 

[KJQ6945]

Don't fear the night, fear what hunt in the night!

Fear nothing! Kill what hunts in the night.

 

[leVieux]

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Do you need more dogs ?

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[popper]

Me thinks in rural areas, best defence is a couple peacocks or good watch dogs. And a hant weapon

 

[Charlie]

What's a "hant" weapon?

 

[leVieux]

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When preparing for uncertain potential difficulty, it is prudent to evaluate the likelihood of those adverse happenings, rank them, and prepare accordingly.

For instance, home fires are several times more likely for “isolated” homes; so perhaps a metal roof, a clear yard perimeter, hoses & fire extinguishers, alarms, etc. would be more practical than readying for night scope using external attackers.

Just my observation. . . . .

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[Lonesome Dove]

Mine field, yeah scary and dangerous but not much else you can do to make it an even playing field. If they are coming to get you they'll be like raccoons on a corn feeder.

 

[KJQ6945]

I have about zero expectations of surviving an organized assault on my position, and that’s ok.

It’s generally accepted that assaulting a defended position is something like a 3 to 1 loss ratio or they’re about.

With better technology, and a little planning, maybe we can get to 10 to 1, or better.

Anything better than the norm is a win.