ILLUMINATED COUNTERMEASURES FOR PROTECTING AIRCRAFT

摘要

A countermeasure device (10) for negating a guidance seeking system is provided. The countermeasure device (10) includes a membrane (12) defining an internal chamber (14), a gas disposed in the chamber (14), and an illuminating device (30). The illuminating device (30) includes a light source (32) producing energy sufficient to provide a decoy signature detectable by the guidance seeking system and a power supply (34) coupled to the light source (32). In one embodiment the light source (32) is a light emitting diode. In another embodiment, the light source (32) is a laser diode.