Buck Werke Gmbh & Co.

Martin Wegscheider

Martin Fegg

Heinz Bannasch

Fritz Greindl

Rudolf Salzeder

Johannes Grundler

Guenther Lenniger

Horst Bosel

Helmut Proeschkowitz

The method offers a phantom target for protecting land, air or water craft or the like against missiles that have a target seeking head operating in the infrared (IR) or radar (RF) range or simultaneously or serially in both wavelength ranges. A mass emitting radiation in the IR range (IR active mass) and a mass back-scattering RF radiation (RF active mass) are simultaneously brought into action in the correct position as phantom target.

Method for offering a phantom target

Flare mass for a dummy target for producing a selected spectrum

In a method for offering a dummy target which simulates the target signature of a subject, such as land craft, aircraft or water craft, to an imaging, radiation-sensitive homing head such as an infrared homing head, a number of active masses are deployed at respective spatial positions, with each mass simulating a portion of the target signature of the subject by emitting spectrally differentiated radiation in the sensitivity range of the homing head. The active masses are deployed at positions to produce a three-dimensional dummy target in which sources of radiation to which the homing head is sensitive are positioned in a manner which mimics the subject.

Method for offering a composite dummy target formed from a plurality of

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Bayerisch Gmain, Germany

Martin Wegscheider