ADM-20 Quail
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ADM-20 Quail [r]: A small jet-powered decoy launched from B-52 bombers in the 1960s, which imitated the radar signature of a B-52 as well as releasing chaff and generating a heat signature, to act as a deceptive decoy [e]
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The ADM-20 Quail was a defensive unmanned aerial vehicle, once carried by B-52 Superfortress bombers.[1] The UAV would transmit a false radar image, and other signals, as a diversion, designed to trick enemies into firing the missiles designed to shoot down the bomber at itself.
The UAV were just under 13 ft (3.96 m) long. They weighed 1153 pounds.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDonnell ADM-20 Quail. National Museum of the United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved on 2024-01-16. “Designed to produce a radar images very similar to that of the B-52 and to fly at approximately the same speed and altitude, the Quail was planned to be used during an actual bombing attack to confuse an enemy's defensive radar network.”