Ammunition and explosives – Pyrotechnics – Flare
Patent
1996-11-22
1998-12-22
Nelson, Peter A.
Ammunition and explosives
Pyrotechnics
Flare
102336, 102355, 102502, 342 1, 342 4, 89 111, F42B 420, F41H 1300
Patent
active
058522549
ABSTRACT:
Protective device for protection of rapidly moving objects such as aircraft or the like against homing heads that react to radiation, in particular infrared radiation, emitted by the aircraft, and that have a destructive charge. The protective device has at least one dispenser arranged on the object to be protected, and at least one effective body (flare), such as a spot flare or the like, that can be launched therefrom. The effective body has at least one decoy charge that can be at least partially ignited at a distance from the object and which, upon decomposition, temporarily forms an apparent target body that spectrally simulates, in a way relevant to the homing head, the target signature of the object to be protected. The effective body (flare) has at least one mooring line that unfolds from a dispenser upon launching of the effective body (flare) and that can be connected with the dispenser at one free end, whose end facing away from its free end is essentially permanently connected to the effective body (flare).
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Buck Werke GmbH & Co.
Nelson Peter A.
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