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    Deflated: How Russian soldiers feel when they have to take down their 'ghost army' tanks and planes for the night


    By Lee Moran

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ks-planes.html

    The Russian army is blowing up everything in sight - from rocket launchers to radar stations, fighter jets and arms factories.
    But those fearful of a new world war need not worry as the Red Army has simply developed a fetish for rubber - with a new military arsenal stocked full of inflatable weapons.
    Defence bosses are toying with the flexible firearms in a bid to bamboozle satellites and surveillance aircraft into thinking its forces are more powerful than they actually are.



    Limp: The Inflatable Army of Russia is defending the motherland at a fraction of the price it would cost to deploy real tanks, jets and arms factories
    And the good news for Moscow's money-men is they are extremely effective, and come at a fraction of the price of deploying the real thing.
    The blow-up ballistics fool enemy radar and trick thermal imaging sensors into thinking they are the real deal through its special material.


    Created at former hot-air balloon factories out of Oxford cloth, the elastic artillery is carried about in giant duffel bags.







    Stretching out: The blow-up ballistics fool enemy radar and trick thermal imaging sensors into thinking they are the real deal through its special material

    Elastic: The rubber weapons are stitched out of Oxford cloth at former hot-air balloon factories, and can be carried about in giant duffel bags
    Trickery: From afar this fighter jet appears to be the real deal, but in fact it is an inflatable
    And they can spring into action, within minutes of a call to arms, in the same way as a bouncy castle - by placing a pump onto the nozzle.
    Russia's new fighting force includes tanks, complete with gun barrels, an S-300 missile launching truck, MiG fighter jets and entire radar stations.
    Manufacturer Rusbal has been dealing with defence bosses since 1995 but refused to say how many air-filled models have been made, sold and deployed.



    At the ready: The inflatable artillery can spring into action within minutes of a call to action - perfect for fast-developing situations
    But it seems the price is certainly right for recession-hit Russia, as a T80 tank, normally costing £600,000, can be blown up for just £3,700.
    Russia's army, pictured here being trained how to deploy the fake firepower, is not the first to use fantasy ammunition on the battlefield.
    During World War I Britain mocked up wooden tanks which were towed around the country by horses, using a set of concealed wheels behind their pretend tracks.
    And in World War II disused British airfields were dressed up like military runways, complete with dummy planes and fuel resources, to confuse German bombers and soldiers.



    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1Sltqo7Hc
    "Dwight D. Eisenhower: The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear it it's usually lousy.

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    It's not a new tactic. These days I presume the heat signature differences can be detected by snooping aircraft and satellites.

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    • #3
      The Serbs fooled NATO with inflatables (including suitable heat signatures)

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DeV View Post
        The Serbs fooled NATO with inflatables (including suitable heat signatures)
        Any idea how they sorted out the heat signatures. I have a picture in my mind of an inflatable with a fan heater inside plugged into a multiblock extension lead??

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Orion View Post
          Any idea how they sorted out the heat signatures. I have a picture in my mind of an inflatable with a fan heater inside plugged into a multiblock extension lead??
          Something like that, possibly with a little diesel generator.
          Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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          • #6
            Old thread: http://forum.irishmilitaryonline.com...ad.php?t=18405
            Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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            • #7


              Something like this maybe

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              • #8
                from what I've read, it wasn't as sophisticated as that. they were using barbeques and gas heaters and other basic domestic heating devices, as they were cheap, plentiful and they could afford to lose them.
                regards
                GttC

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                • #9
                  Remember during the Balkan Conflict NATO warplanes were expended numerous Wild Weasel HARMs on modified kitchen microwaves?


                  Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                  • #10
                    aided and abetted by the Russians,too. Certain French individuals were not averse to helping the Serbs either.
                    regards
                    GttC

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                    • #11
                      The serbs only became the bad guys quite late in the conflict.


                      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                        Remember during the Balkan Conflict NATO warplanes were expended numerous Wild Weasel HARMs on modified kitchen microwaves?
                        Well, at least that proves the guidance technology worked? Beats the whole "don't come back till you've dropped all of your ordinance" approach that had pilots putting bombs into trash dumps when unable to find suitable targets.
                        "Everyone's for a free Tibet, but no one's for freeing Tibet." -Mark Steyn. What an IMO-centric quote, eh?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by faughanballagh View Post
                          Well, at least that proves the guidance technology worked? Beats the whole "don't come back till you've dropped all of your ordinance" approach that had pilots putting bombs into trash dumps when unable to find suitable targets.
                          Eh, a bit more complicated than that. So of the radars being used were based on Soviet models that were so old that they weren't in HARM's directory of radars. Another case was where the radar transmitter was pointed at farm machinery and the reflections then bounced off the aerial target were detected by the receiver - 100+ HARMs and it was still working.
                          Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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                          • #14
                            I bet it embarrassed the weapons people who swore that modern NATO radars could easily defeat old, early Russian radars and missiles such as the SA-6, which claimed an F-16. Apart from that, Serbian nationalism was the primary driving force in the break-up, along with Croatian militancy (Tudjman has a lot to answer for). The Serbs knew that NATO could be played as weaklings and that they would restrain themselves with rigid ROEs. In the end, it took the threat of the flattening of Belgrade to push the Serbs back, along with massive aid and intelligence to the Croats, to create the ground for a defeat of Serb aggression.
                            regards
                            GttC

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                              claimed an F-16...
                              Not only an F16 but the supposedly invisible F-117 was shot down with an SA-3, a missile dating from the early 1960's.

                              The Serbs modified their radars to operate on longer wavelengths that were not in the jamming systems spectrum of operations. The F-117 was painted when it opened it's bomb bay doors thus increasing its RCS and making it easier to "see".

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