Inflatable Missiles

the_syco

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/11/13/inflatable-missiles-close-ups/



Had a giggle, but I'm sure they look real from a satellite.

Found the company that makes them: http://www.rusbal.ru/list/40/1/

Seems there's a few of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buno2KCSDFo

Awesome idea, though :cool:

gungun

didn't the brits use inflatable planes to make mock airfields in ww2?

concussion

Yep, tanks aswell as part of a fictitious army commanded by Patton and designed to trick ze Germans into thinking the invasion would be directed toward Calais.

Captain Chaos

Serbia built a load of fake wooden models in 1999 when NATO went to bomb the army for war crimes. They destroyed most of the fake wooden targets believing they were the real deal. Even fake fighter jets on run ways while the real things were hidden under camo nets in forests to recover after the war.

Suppose they are good for target practice and to help soldiers and pilots ID targets through NVGs and other optical sensors.

iceage

They'd make great bouncy castles. Imagine it, braai on the go, few mates around, copius amounts of beer(its the law) and one of these set up in the garden, happy days.:D

Mahatma coat

concussion wrote: »

Yep, tanks aswell as part of a fictitious army commanded by Patton and designed to trick ze Germans into thinking the invasion would be directed toward Calais.

Apparently the Germans twigged to this and dropped Fake wooden Bombs on the fake wooden models :D:D

Yet another reason to join in the WW2 Trivia thread

concussion

Awesome! Cheeky buggers had a sense of humour eh?

Steyr

Seen that in ZOO Magazine, Fake Sukhoi Fighters too.

damagegt

In ww2 the Brits in Africa had whole battalions made from cardboard and just a few guys kicking up dust to fool the spotter plans and it worked!