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Why Do Fighter Jets Shoot Flares? (And Are They Effective Against Missiles?)
Over the past century-plus, humanity's ability to traverse the skies has evolved exponentially. As simple passenger and cargo aircraft have become more complicated and remarkable, so have military ...
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Italy looks to fighter friend Japan for a new maritime-patrol plane
Rome could buy the Japanese Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft to tackle hostile submarines in the Mediterranean, a ...
Ukraine’s F-16s Are Spying On Russian Air Defenses
Seven months after their combat debut in August, Ukraine’s Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters are flying sorties every ...
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Why Do Fighter Jets Shoot Flares? (And Are They Effective Against Missiles?)
Read more: 17 Best Fighter Jets In The World Today In many cases, flares do just fine against anti-air and air-to-air missiles. They give off a higher heat signature than the jets that fire them ...
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Italy looks to fighter friend Japan for a new maritime-patrol plane
A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force launches anti-missile flares during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, in 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty ...