But seriously at $40K per piece it is simply too much expensive for us. With $21 Trillion economy US can afford them.
Bhai kya logic hai.
List of countries that buy GPNVG-18 from US:
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Ukraine
Turkey
South Korea
...and those are just the known/confirmed ones. You don't need a 21 trillion economy to afford a few hundred sets of top-notch equipment for your best-of-the-best units. It doesn't work like that.
That said, like many others have pointed out, we have certain indigenous alternatives.