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AIR-LAUNCHED DECOY
Air-launched decoys are air-launched vehicles whose purpose is to minimize, nullify, or confuse enemy air defense systems. The tactical air-launched decoy (TALD) is a nonpowered, air-launched, aerodynamic vehicle. The TALD provides false imagery to defense acquisition systems by using chaff/electromagnetic and radar signature augmentation. There are three TALD vehicles: A/B37U-1(V)1, chaff vehicle; A/B37U-1(V)2, RF vehicle; and ADM-141 A, RF vehicle. TALD vehicles are loaded on multiple or triple ejector racks (IMER/ITER/BRU-41/BRU-42). The TALD consists of a nose cone, left and right antenna/wing assembly, an empennage, a vertical stabilizer, left and right stabilizer, a vertical fin, a flight computer, a pilot battery, and a main battery. |
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