A discussion about inflatable decoy and monocoque decoy

nealko

New Member
Decoy have develped for few decades ,originally used in World War Two. At that time, the decoy almost made of wood,but considering the limite of the radar and infrared level at that time, those wood decoys worked very well during the war,and play an important role for Japanese ,Germany , USA army.

As the technology in radar and infrared field developed rapidly in past few dacades, and the satellites are used in the battle field, the wood decoy can not satisfied the requirments of modern warfare, then some manufacturer created inflatable decoy and was widly used .resently ,some manufacturers have produced the Third-generation decoy, Called Monocoque Decoy which contained the most advanced technology, and are very similar to real equiments,i think in few years ,some inflatable decoy will be replaced by Monocoque Decoy.

Below is a brief contrast of the 2 decoys.
 

nealko

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this decoy can be dismantaled into small parts for easy transportation. also the whole equipment can be towed by truck for there is a small wheel under the decoy which are the real wheel of the decoy
 

My2Cents

Active Member
this decoy can be dismantaled into small parts for easy transportation. also the whole equipment can be towed by truck for there is a small wheel under the decoy which are the real wheel of the decoy
So it is a lot of assembly required.

What about weight relative to an inflatable decoy?
Does it have an internal framework?
 

gf0012-aust

Grumpy Old Man
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the decoy has to be relevant to the space and against the ISR that is likely to be ranged against it

an inflatable decoy is meaningless unless the red ISR is also articulated.

modern ISR can still be defeated or challenged

witness the serbs
 
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