Advances in passive expendable countermeasures

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Recent advances in passive expendable countermeasures have further boosted their reputation as the least expensive, most cost-effective resistance systems to radar-directed and infrared (IR) heat-seeking threats. These products, which primarily encompass chaff and flares, continue to be the most prevalently-depoyed form of countermeasure on military aircraft, as well as sea vessels and land-based military vehicles. Among the most notable improvements in the field are advanced flares, which pertain to the category of IR decoy flares configured to oppose the point-source-rejection strategies used in second- and third-generation IR heat-seeking missiles; various new techniques against IR-homing in anti-ship missiles; and enhancements in manufacturing techniques or performance of flares.

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Secrets of 1999 F-117 shootdown revealed

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Dani Zoltan, retired colonel of surface-to-air-missile battery of Serbia and Montenegro army, reveals the secret behind shooting down the F-117 and an F-16 manned airplane, during Operation Allied Force, using slight technical modification in the strategies of air defense missile systems.

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Vic Pheasant, former chaff and flare specialist of Royal Air Force, recalls his memories about implementing chaff and flair systems, while he is working for RAF.

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