Expendable Decoys Finally Becoming Viable

Credit: Leonardo
As missile technologies advance, the art and science of platform protection adapts in response. After chaff and flares came towed decoys, emitting signals designed to confuse tracking systems into striking targets that looked—in radio-frequency (RF) terms—like they were aircraft, but in different...
Angus Batey

Angus Batey has been contributing to various titles within the Aviation Week Network since 2009, reporting on topics ranging from defense and space to business aviation, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity.

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