Military dummy
In the 1991
During the Kosovo War, NATO claimed to have destroyed over 100 Serbian tanks and 200 armored personnel carriers using expensive precision-guided munitions, while various estimates place that number much lower. Numerous remains of decoys made of wood and canvas, or from out-of-commission vehicles are instead said to have been found by reporters.[6][7]
In Russia, a former hot air balloon factory has continued in the 2010s to make dummy tanks, aircraft, missile launch pads, radar stations, and rocket launchers. The inflatable dummies are designed to present a realistic image to enemy radar and thermal imaging.[8]
During the
An intercontinental ballistic missile may release decoys in addition to one or more warheads.
Military aircraft on
Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine has made wide spread usage of decoys. In particular the usage of fake
See also
- Dummy round
- Dummy tank
- Military deception
- Paradummy
- Maskirovka
- Q-ship
- Quaker gun
- Rubber duck
- Victor Jones
References
- ^ "Decoys". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
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- ^ "TarIdeal". Friday, 4 January 2019
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- ^ Freedman, Lawrence (2000). "Victims and victors: reflections on the Kosovo War" (PDF). Review of International Studies. 26: 335–358.
- ^ Nardulli, Bruce R. (1999). Disjointed war : military operations in Kosovo. Rand.
- ^ "Russia inflates its military with blow-up weapons". BBC News. 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system". Washington Post. 30 August 2022.
- ^ Sinéad Baker (30 August 2022). "Ukraine is using fake rocket launchers made of wood to get Russia to waste its missiles on useless targets, report says". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Melissa Bell; Daria Martina Tarasova; Pierre Bairin (11 September 2023). "True to life but without the price tag: The decoy weapons Ukraine wants Russia to destroy". CNN. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Ryan Pickrell (22 July 2023). "Russia built fake trenches along the front lines to lure Ukrainian soldiers into deadly explosive traps, researchers found". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 September 2023.