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Posts Tagged MALD
Turning Cruise Missiles into Decoys
Raytheon is doing just that according to Defense Industry Daily.
With its range and loiter time, however, MALD lends itself to other uses as well. One obvious use is to install radar jamming equipment, instead of radar reflecting equipment. The resulting system can add realism to an incoming wave of MALD decoys while neutralizing specific threats, or fly ahead on a mission of its own. The “MALD-J†electronics will have to be powerful enough to be useful, however, while remaining small and light enough to fit into a 300 pound MALD decoy.
New Airforce Decoy
From Wired.com:
The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, or “MALD,†is a cross between a cruise missile and an aerial drone, able to distract or confuse enemy air defenses to protect attacking U.S. jets. It was already on its way to becoming one of America’s most important unsung weapons when this happened: MALD-maker Raytheon figured out a way to “deliver hundreds of MALDs during a single combat sortie,†company vice president Harry Schulte announced in a recent statement.
It is good to see the military continue to think about different methods of attack other than stealth and “smart” bombs.