Decoy

Smarter than a simple Flare, a decoy is an active Infrared source tailored to the IR signature of a ships engine.

The electronic warfare systems onboard broadcast a radar signal that matches the mother ship close enough to fool most missile sensor heads. 

This system means that the missile attracts all classes of IR/Radar seeker and some smart missiles away from the user. Once deployed the decoy flies off in a straight line, hopefully taking the missiles with it.





Annotation 1925.001: Clay, Jefferson: "This'll fool some of the stuff out there, but don't trust it. However smart you are, something out there is smarter"