The Marines are getting deadlier in the dark with this night vision upgrade

Joseph Neigh/US Marine Corps

• Marine rifle squads have received upgraded night vision goggles, making them much more deadly in the dark.
• Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina received the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggles, an improvement over older monocular systems, last month, according to the Marine Corps.
• "The lethality that it'll bring is exponential," one Marine explained, as the new goggles offer better depth perception, situational awareness, and operating speed.

Marine rifle squads are getting their hands on upgraded night vision goggles, which are expected to offer "exponential" increases in lethality, the Marine Corps revealed in a statement.

The new helmet-mounted night vision system the Marines are receiving is the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggles.

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