Aufblasbares Täuschobjekt der ukrainischen F-16 auf Verteidigungsmesse aufgetaucht

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1. Where does one get something like this? I may want to park it in my driveway

2. Patton called…

3. Search the Internet for “Ghost Army” for more of this type stuff. It’s a fascinating rabbit hole. I believe there was an episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about it too.

4. they did this in WW2 with [inflatable tanks](https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-days-parachuting-dummies-and-inflatable-tanks).

5. Two months from now, the Kremlin will announce they have destroyed 1,357 F-16s.

6. Park them in Kharkiv and let the Russians bomb them.

   For bonus, park a real IRIS-T in the area.

7. Fly them like kites so Russian anti air is tricked.

8. Sir, we have reason to believe the
   enemies numbers are inflated.

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10. Oh, my God! The automatic pilot! It’s deflating!

11. In *The Art of War*, Sun Tzu wrote “All warfare is based on deception.”

    It’s been 2500 years, and nothing has changed.

12. Dave the decoy moment

13. well I guess the number of Ukranian Airforce has just ballooned up

14. [D- Day era tech.](https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-days-parachuting-dummies-and-inflatable-tanks)

15. A page from Britain in WW2!

16. How does one buy this for a kid’s birthday party?

17. Why would anyone show stuff like this publicly?

    I mean sure it’s no secret they exist, but this is giving the enemy a good look at the model.

18. My kids would love that.

19. I saw it in person! Truly amazed by the size of that thing, never know they were that big.

20. I’ve seen these on e621

21. How much are they I want to put one on my roof or something.

22. That actually looks pretty good. No wonder russians always claim they destroyed over 9000 each time Ukraine gets new tech.

23. Put them on Roombas and let them taxi all over the place. Then listen to Russian reconnaissance radio …

24. Can I get one for my garden? I’ve got a threatening neighbor and I’ve been looking for a clever way to ratchet it up a bit.

25. It worked for D day!

26. Same company that provided the HIMAR Inflatable that recently caught an Iskander.

27. “When a Russian Missile tries to score a F16 but ends up with nothing more than an inflatable doll….”

28. I bet Temu got this.

29. How does it stand up to airborne ground surveillance (AGS) synthetic aperture radar (SAR), such as the one on the Russians’ Tu-204R recon plane?

    The return signal from an aluminum hull is much stronger than whatever the decoy is made of.

30. Step #2 – make the covers so that the real machines mimic the inflated ones but with less detail than the inflated ones.

31. Any chance they can fill a few with helium and let them loose when the wind is blowing east?