# Military Dopers: Night-vision goggles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-night-vision-goggles/741223>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-night-vision-goggles/741223 "2015-12-23T23:36:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-night-vision-goggles/741223/21 "2015-12-26T02:33:08Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Which is why all military pilots, whether in an F-14 or an X-Wing fly & fight with their oxygen mask off.

Caused a faility here in Aus. soon after Top Gun.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-night-vision-goggles/741223/22 "2015-12-26T03:15:06Z")

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If I may add a related question:

Has there been any improvement in the peripheral view, or is it still like looking down a narrow tube? What is it, like 40 degrees?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-night-vision-goggles/741223/23 "2015-12-26T06:11:11Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> Caused a faility here in Aus. soon after Top Gun.

It did?

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