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It is actually still a thing: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11511886 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11511886 The ability to make the enemy thin
by Iv 7y ago
It is actually still a thing:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11511886 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11511886
The ability to make the enemy think you are massing forces somewhere is still invaluable and military dummies (complete with devices that will trace fake track marks on the ground) are actually costly equipment.
Some are designed to fool vision, others to fool radar.
Some are pretty realistic:
http://www.militarydecoy.com/html/InflatableMilitaryDecoy/ http://www.militarydecoy.com/html/InflatableMilitaryDecoy/
- tomatotomato37 7y agoThose inflatable hangers look like they would also do a great job as quick legitimate shelters for a campaign in a mild climate
- chrisseaton 7y agoI’m not sure those hangars really are decoys. The military often uses inflatable tents and hangars. It’s not to fool anyone they’re just practical.
- segmondy 7y agoYeah, in the startup world companies would inflate user count, active users, and so on and so forth to fool the "enemy".