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I wanttsss my Precioussesssssss

Living a couple miles south of the Canadian border means that we have helicopters flying overhead doing serious search patterns a couple times/month. I soooooo want one of these. From Bayou Renaissance Man:

The old is new again
I was very interested to read of inflatable dummy aircraft and tanks produced by a Russian company.

These inflatables are made by the Russian manufacturer Rusbal.

The company was approached by the Russian defence ministry to supply full-scale decoys to protect the true capabilities of their strategic installations from being seen by surveillance satellites.

Weighing around 220lb (100kg), the decoys can easily be transported and installed by small teams of soldiers in minutes.

They imitate the heat signature of combat units, fooling enemy infra-red detectors.

And they even stay intact after suffering minor damage from bullets or explosions.

Demand from other nations has been so strong that Rusbal is now offering imitations of Western military equipment as well as Russian.

Heh. Stash it in the barn and wait for the helicopters periodic sweep. Run it out and power up the heaters and walk around it wearing some overalls and a motorcycle helmet and wait for the fun to begin. Getting back into the USA from Canada is interesting enough -- it will be real fun after a few times with one of these... Posted by DaveH at April 7, 2010 9:15 PM