Russia's new "Inflatable Weapons"
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Yea but just reflecting is not enough, oh and the fact that this has entirely been made public and everyone knows about it so anyone who fights them will be expecting it.sooperman said:
Because...KoreyGM said:
A) All military superpowers are checking in with a news station for military intelligence with an allied country
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B) Any military faction is going to stop bombarding a position on the off-chance it's a bunch of balloons and not an actual armoured batallion sitting by a radar station.
Sound military tactics indeed. /sarcasm
This kind of tactic is old an used, but works well. That being said, it isn't concerning.
My favorite decoy though was the fake paratroopers dolls, that when dropped behind lines in Normandy, proceeded to pop and make gunshot noises to confuse the enemy. It seems more likely that Russia is just trying to find ways to save money on military expenditures, but focusing more on intelligence gathering and statistical analysis, they can reduce their army size further.
Besides, they want to develop bigger nuclear weapons anyhow xD
My favorite decoy though was the fake paratroopers dolls, that when dropped behind lines in Normandy, proceeded to pop and make gunshot noises to confuse the enemy. It seems more likely that Russia is just trying to find ways to save money on military expenditures, but focusing more on intelligence gathering and statistical analysis, they can reduce their army size further.
Besides, they want to develop bigger nuclear weapons anyhow xD
The TRUE weapon!antipope said:You laugh now but soon comrade ducky will lead the glorious inflatable army to victory over the west.THEfog101 said:Weapon of Mass Terror and Hysteria. Absolutely Brilliant.Ephraim J. Witchwood said:vxicepickxv said:They already do.Ephraim J. Witchwood said:Now do inflatable buildings!
1- A spy comes in? Real life isn't like James Bond...GrimTuesday said:
2- They showed pics on the BBC and they look like the real thing from even 10 feet away (the tanks at least) and they are coated with a special polymer so they give the same radar signiture as real tanks.
HellsingerAngel said:
I'm saying it's not going to fool anyone expecting it, and um yea military superpowers do actually check the news, or at least their mail on yahoo and see it on the front page.
Thinking the military doesn't know about this weeks before it was news is just foolish.
You don't get it. The tanks and jeeps are supposed to look EXACTLY like the real thing. Giving that on the battlefield you shoot first and ask questions later this is a great idea. Whilst the enemy is wasting ammunition on a balloon the main force would flank the enemy and pretty much obliterate them. Even if you can't flank the enemy is still wasting ammunition on something that possesses no threat to them.GrimTuesday said:
Not a bad play on the Ruskie's part. Aerial photography and targeting might have trouble differentiating between these and the real thing.
damn ninja...WolfThomas said:
I was gonna post that vid but yeah it has been done past in WW2, i know for a fact somthing similar was done in egypt aswell where tanks were disguised to look like supply trucks from above.
And in a town about 20 minutes from where i live, during WW2 there was an ammunition factory which had a pond and some grass painted on the roof to stop it being bombed.
Deception can be a very powerfull tactic, especialy during wartime.
Yarp! That's what it was I was thinking of about my WW2 history.Plinglebob said:The Allies built a load of wooden planes and tank and parked them near Dover(I think) so German intelligence would thing we would be launching attacks into Calais rather then Normandy and it worked, so this sort of thing isn't without precident.Yureina said:
I have to say I'm a big fan of this idea and not just because I like Bouncy Castles
It doesn't really matter if it's a secret or not in all honesty. If you can't tell the difference between a fake and the real thing, you'll have to be prepared for both to be real. It's a pretty clever bit of deception I'd say, even if it's not particularly new or inspired.WolfThomas said:
That pretty much was what I was trying to imply in my opening article. This idea may sound a bit silly, but if it is good enough to fool radar and thermal imaging, then it will be very effective in actual use.Agayek said:
Knowing Russia's standard military tactics (its not throw bodies at things, shut up ;P), they have a tendency to use a significant amount of military deception and trying to make their enemies not really know what they are actually planning to do until it actually happens. There are tons of examples of this "Maskirovka" strategy being used in all of Russia's modern wars.
These new inflatable weapons, even if they may seem silly, probably will help Russia with achieving surprise even better than they already are able to do.