That’s what the military says. In fact they prefer to fight at night these days.
Back in the 80’s while building measurement instruments based on CCD’s, it was apparent from looking at the spec sheets of the devices used that although all attempts to tune them were to have them peak at say 500 nm, these things were quite sensitive to near infrared. Military thermal imaging sensors are the same type of things: sensitive to IR. At night, the temps cool down. It becomes a lot easier to detect vehicle engines and people. Anything that generates heat. An enemy that doesn’t have the same technology can’t see you, but you can see them. Tactics are created to maximize the technology you have at your disposal. The military has a lot of that.
It’s no great wonder then that the military prefers to launch attacks at say 1 AM. Not only is this disruptive to the enemy sleep patterns, it’s also easier to target the enemy, and harder for them to target you. It’s also no great surprise to learn that the Iraqi attacks that seemed most effective were in foul sandstorm weather in the daylight.
So… “We Own The Night” is a function of the technology used.
