Accession Number:

ADA495417

Title:

Genesis of Infrared Decoy Flares: The Early Years from 1950 into the 1970s. First Edition

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CRANE DIV IN

Personal Author(s):

• Douda, Bernard E.

Report Date:

2009-01-26

Pagination or Media Count:

186.0

Abstract:

The evolution of decoy flares did not follow a direct or pre-planned path. Instead, the development was influenced by many factors and requirements existing at the time. One of the most important of these is that the Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS, Inyokern China Lake, California had an assigned mission to develop rockets and missiles. This mission became the basis for the requirement that drove flare developments. Fortunately there were a number of ongoing projects at China Lake that supplied expertise and the technological foundation. These were important for the Sidewinder missile and infrared decoy flare developments. Discussions of these topics follow.

Descriptors:

• *INFRARED FLARES
• *INFRARED DECOYS
• *ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• THERMODYNAMICS
• PROJECTILES
• FREQUENCY MODULATION
• EXTRUSION
• OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• MONOMERS
• OPTICAL DETECTORS
• ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE
• FLUORINATED HYDROCARBONS
• PYROTECHNICS
• SELENIDES
• PETN
• COMPUTATIONS
• LEAD SULFIDES
• SIMULATION
• EMISSION

Subject Categories:

• Optical Countermeasures
• Thermodynamics
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation
• Organic Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE