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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like this is spoiling somebody’s OPSEC

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Or.. now we know, that they know.... Ad infinitum.

So now they have to wonder each time .. dis real or blow up..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's already an issue. People have to guess based on the color of smoke after the boom to guess if it was real or not. White smoke only was probably a decoy. Black smoke was probably real. Both sides have been using these for at least months now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'd probably send a team around to places to setup decoys for a picture and then remove it. So if you later use the spot and get hit you maybe have some mind games to play.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I mean its nothing new. You could make the case of Russia passing up real f16 they think could be decoys.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a story of the royal air force dropping a single wooden "bomb" on German decoy planes just to make fun of them.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

If I recall correctly...they waited for the German decoy to be finished and then they dropped the wooden bomb.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

Ghost Army!
I'm still waiting for a movie on this.
Maybe by Guy Ritchie, or someone like this.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if you can buy these things privately.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this will make halloween a lot easier, I bet I can get 4 kids in there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It could be fun at birthday parties too. You could even make a business out of renting it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

After the war and they aren't needed, probably but they'll be expensive. They aren't just blow up things. They have heaters that properly heat and keep warm sections of the vehicle to look realistic, and things like that. There's radar truck decoys that have a rotating scanner, for example. These have been around from both sides for a bit now.

[–] VerifiedSource 2 points 3 months ago

They also have radar reflective paint.

[–] Zonefive 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Piss off Santa, I want one of these on the lawn at Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Piss off? I want Santa in the cockpit! 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Found the guy getting bombed by the ruskies this winter 😬😁

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

As long as they're not a children's hospital I think they're safe.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Ukraine needs them. Wait until pootin is dead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Do not make the f16 decoy into an inflatable waifu

[–] Tar_alcaran 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, search inflatable tank decoy. There's several makers in the US that will sell you one

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And you thought BMW drivers were greedy in car parks