Military vehicle type decoy balloon to cheat eyes of reconnaissance satellites

Discovery and monitoring of goals by reconnaissance satellites has become quite common in contemporary warfare, but balloons decoys were thought to cheat the eyes of such a reconnaissance satellite. It seems to be a primitive way, but if you leave it a bit, you can not tell it apart and you can make it appear as if a large unit is deploying.

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Russia's inflatable decoy weapons and military hardware in pictures _ CCTV-International

These decoys, Russia ·RusbalCompany's. It is possible to assemble by simply inflating with inflating air, and it is said that there is a camouflage effect against thermal scan that senses the heat of the engine and radio wave scan reacting to metal.

Su-27YaMig-29,Mig-31It seems that main fighter aircraft are lined up rows, but these are all balloons. I do not know at all by merely looking at the distance.


The mobile missile launch group is also this way.


A tank decoy with a stick attached to various places.


Field deployment car that develops antenna and looks during reconnaissance.


This is a radar facility.


Here's a video to actually inflate or crush.

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It is quite a huge track compared to the person who is reflected.


If you remove the air, the trace will be gone.


Light enough to be carried adequately by two adults.


It seems enough if there is a small compressor to inflate.


I will inflate while extending them.


Small protrusions are also reproduced with balloons, so it seems likely to be able to disguise enough.


Such a decoy is AmericanAerostarDevelopment and manufacturing are proceeding in various companies such as company. Japan's planned launch in 2014Information gathering satellite(Reconnaissance satellite) "Optical No. 5" is equipped with a camera with resolution that can distinguish things on the 40 cm square on the ground, the performance of satellites is getting better, but what decoy Will it appear?