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An air-delivered infrared anti-ship missile decoy is delivered from an aiaft to a desired location below sea surface ahead of advancing forces and then activated at a later time by a remotely-transmitted encoded signal to separate a payload assembly from the remainder of the decoy, float the payload

An air-delivered infrared anti-ship missile decoy is delivered from an aiaft to a desired location below sea surface ahead of advancing forces and then activated at a later time by a remotely-transmitted encoded signal to separate a payload assembly from the remainder of the decoy, float the payload assembly on the sea surface and then produce a relatively large infrared plume above the payload assembly and atop the sea surface that provides an infrared signature for decoying and deception purposes.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] An air-delivered infrared anti-ship missile decoy, comprising:(a) an elongated body having an interior chamber and a detonation mechanism disposed forwardly of said interior chamber and in communication therewith and being activatable from an unarmed condition to an armed condition

[ I claim:] [1.] An air-delivered infrared anti-ship missile decoy, comprising:(a) an elongated body having an interior chamber and a detonation mechanism disposed forwardly of said interior chamber and in communication therewith and being activatable from an unarmed condition to an armed condition in response to launch of the decoy into flight to a desired location below sea surface;(b) a payload assembly disposed in said interior chamber of said elongated body and having an inflatable flotation body, an actuatable mechanism coupled to said flotation body for inflating said flotation body to cause flotation of said payload assembly on the sea surface, and a generating mechanism activatable for producing an infrared plume above said payload assembly and atop the sea surface; and(c) an aft tail assembly detachably attached to said elongated body and having a receiver responsive to an encoded signal received from a remote location to produce a firing signal that detonates said detonation mechanism causing detachment of said aft tail assembly from said elongated body and ejection of said payload assembly from said interior chamber thereof, initiating flotation of said payload assembly via inflation of said flotation body on the sea surface, and activating said generating mechanism in said payload assembly to produce said infrared plume above said payload assembly and atop the sea surface.