Flare

These are tailored infra-red sources with chaff clouds to give them large active signatures to decoy incoming missiles.

The chaff has tiny emitter chips attached to every tenth piece to generate a reflected emission signal equal to the launching ship, a technique pioneered by Koutetsu Design back in the 2103's and still in use today.





Annotation 1929.001: Clay, Jefferson: "If you've an incoming missile, drop flares and change course. Then start praying it's not smart"