Towed target

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1994-04-15

1996-03-05

Jordan, Charles T.

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Radar reflector

Corner

244 2TD, 89 111, H01Q 1514, B64D 300

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054971560

ABSTRACT:
A towed target or decoy serves to avoid heat-seeking and radar missile attacks on a jet aircraft. The decoy has a body with a nose and a sidewall. A ring surrounds the body and the spaced from it. The interior of the ring and the exterior of the body have reflective surfaces. The reflective surfaces reflect heat energy from the exhaust in various directions. This creates a greater heat signal than from the aircraft itself, attracting heat-seeking missiles. The decoys nest within one another and are deployed from an ejection housing mounted to the aircraft.

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