Tekhnodinamika Holding, a subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec has developed a decoy cartridge to protect fighter jets from smart missiles.
Identified as L376-2 ‘Yagel,’ the cartridge is fired in the direction of the aircraft’s movement thereby confusing the missile at the last minute. It is capable of protecting aircraft with an optical guidance system twice as effectively as existing counterparts.
The decoys can be fired one at a time or all at once.
The new cartridge can protect the aircraft from advanced missiles with kinematic target selection. They can recognize simpler decoy cartridges that lag behind the aircraft due to aerodynamic drag.
Russia; Tekhnodinamika reveals forward launched decoy to protect fighters