Talk:AN/ALE-50 towed decoy system
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[edit]Such decoys might also trigger proximity fuzes (RF and laser), I wonder why this is not mentioned. Lastdingo (talk) 14:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has repeatedly and convincingly claimed early design of the AN/ALE-50 via the Airborne Active Electronic Decoy program. This excerpt from a 1994 report explains:
"During the late 1970s, NRL supported a Defense Science Board Monopulse Countermeasures Study. The results of this study led to funding for the development of the Airborne Active Expendable Decoy (AAED), which is an electronic device designed to counter modern radar-guided antiaircraft threats. The towed version of the AAED (the AN/ALE-50) was subsequently developed as an "end-game" countermeasure. In this regard, the decoy acts as a seductive alternate target 28 D. J. DeYoung that attracts the radar or missile seeker away from the defended aircraft and onto itself. During 1988-1990, in the joint Navy/Air Force Multi-Service Decoy Program, flight-worthy devices were tested and proved to be extremely effective. The system was then scheduled to go into production on the A-6E, followed by installation on numerous other aircraft (including the F/A-18, AV-8B, and P-3C). This decoy system, when combined with maneuver, deception, and other electronic countermeasure techniques, seriously degrades the ability of an adversary to attack and destroy U.S. aircraft"
Source: https://static.ewg.org/pdf/Navy_3M_1960s.pdf 153.90.233.241 (talk) 18:07, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
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