ITAR restricts the export of arms technology from the United States, but the big names in traditional digital cameras are all Japanese. Perhaps naively, I would

ITAR restricts the export of arms technology from the United States, but the big names in traditional digital cameras are all Japanese. Perhaps naively, I would have thought they'd have the expertise needed to build a high-quality thermal camera without US involvement. I suppose infrared imaging must be quite a bit different from visible light.