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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Also I image that modern IR guided missiles are much "smarter" and harder to fool with flares.
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The latest thing is a pod you tow behind a fighter that functions like a nixie decoy sending radar signals back to the incoming missile.
I would not be surprised if we see an IR source generating version soon. Maybe a omnidirectional laser in the IR spectrum, sort of like the disco light jammer on the Apache.