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- Jhiaxuz, on 03/30/2009, -2/+601943 called, they want their idea back.
- Copsh, on 03/30/2009, -1/+54They should get Islamic versions, I hear they blow themselves up.
- Bryantho, on 03/30/2009, -0/+46We did this in WWII to divert German forces from Normandy. Also for fun!
http://www.strangeharvest.com/mt/archive/blog/mili ... - angusm, on 03/30/2009, -0/+28"And that's how I got the Congressional Medal of Honor for wiping out an entire Soviet armored division, armed only with a safety pin ..."
- drewt333, on 03/30/2009, -2/+29When will these be available on thinkgeek?
- PterionFracture, on 03/30/2009, -0/+20All their base are balloon to us.
- foopirata, on 03/30/2009, -0/+18ThsGuyRightHere: deployed inside each mock-up is a heat-signature generator.
These things are very well-thought. That is also mentioned in the article. - Draakan, on 03/30/2009, -0/+14Not like this wasn't done 50 years ago. But in Russian time that is like the future!
- truck87bp, on 03/30/2009, -1/+16It will cost billions to blow up balloons with smart bombs... We should have used this in Iraq.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -2/+16"Well," said the Americans, "then we'll huff and we'll puff and we'll blow your tanks in."
- bubbadigg, on 03/30/2009, -0/+14This is nothing new.... the U.S. used inflatable decoys in WWII... read your history books..
- Kazimieras, on 03/30/2009, -0/+11It is a pretty smart idea, though not entirely a new one. The Allies in WWII used balsa wood to make fake tanks and built entirely fake camps to convince Germany that an invasion was coming from somewhere else.
- erkokite, on 03/30/2009, -0/+11"'They can reproduce a radar band, a thermal and near infra-red band similar to those produced by night vision instruments. All these makeshift models appear as real hardware on all these instruments.'
The dummies irradiate warmth, making an impression of engines being warmed up and repel the radio waves of enemy radars as if they were real combat vehicles."
That's actually very impressive. - BabyWookie, on 03/30/2009, -0/+10Using decoys is a very old and very effective tactic. The latest brilliant use was by the Serbs during the NATO bombing campaign in Kosovo and Serbia back in 1999. NATO spent millions of dollars bombing their cardboard tanks, canvas roads and inflatable bridges with expensive smart-bombs. They were estimating to have destroyed most of Serbia's armored capacity (~400 tanks and APCs). In the end, it turned out that most of them were safely hidden away and only about a dozen or so were destroyed.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -0/+10No inflatable soldiers though.
- tismondo, on 03/30/2009, -0/+10This happened as long ago as world war 2. As long as there have been planes to see overhead. The UK was notorious for making the germans believe they had far more tanks than they actually did - effectively deterring the german army from crossing over the channel.
- foopirata, on 03/30/2009, -1/+10Ok. you, sir, win the internets. I humbly bow to your zingness. Thanks for the laughs!
- BabyWookie, on 03/30/2009, -0/+8The idea is probably as old as warfare itself, actually.
- 4321234, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude
- socivitus, on 03/30/2009, -4/+11"When the Americans come, we will be ready to scare them away"
- JCH897, on 03/30/2009, -6/+13In Communist Russia, technology inflates YOU.
- FredFredrickson, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7You mean we used to.
- du1834, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7I have an entire harem that works by the same principal.
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7Thanks for the correction.
- BabyWookie, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7Probably more than they trust FOX News. :)
- Halfempty, on 03/30/2009, -0/+6They did something like this in Burbank to hide an entire aircraft facility, built a whole fake CITY!!! It's freaking crazy.. and impressive.
http://www.sonnyradio.com/airfactory.htm - SeaICIubber, on 03/30/2009, -0/+6In fact the English channel is merely a painting and they still haven't worked it out!
- Kestrel, on 03/30/2009, -1/+7@davidkeithjones - Please, please, please educate yourself before commenting... this type of warfare has been used since antiquity, including, as pointed out by eastshores, the US.
There are several reasons this type of warfare is effective:
1. It's cheap.
2. It can deter attack. Forcing the enemy to change his plans is nearly always desirable.
3. It can confuse the enemy and force him to split his forces.
4. It can redirect an attack (during the blitz, Britain would black out major cities but reproduce key lighting patterns on the moors to make the Germans think they were off course. The Germans would alter course and attack an empty space instead of the actual city, thus saving hundreds of thousands of pounds in property damage and untold lives). - Geography, on 03/30/2009, -0/+6The US did this during WWII. The U.S. Army's 23rd Special Troops was part of an elaborate deception strategy: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story ...
- lolwutpear, on 03/30/2009, -0/+6Digg is an Iraqi site now?
- _skin_, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5Site is deflated.
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nginx/0.6.32 - dusanmal, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5Worked in WWII Africa, worked in WWII England,... Old but proven tactics.
- telomeres, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5Now you just need BB guns and a moon bounce castle as your base. TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF BEFORE PLAYING WAR.
- foopirata, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5You'd probably be the slave-toy of some crazed dictator that didn't get the memo by now. Or perhaps just speaking German.
"Imagine" sounds great, but isn't really useful. - 4321234, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5The allies dropped fake paratroopers in WW2.
- eastshores, on 03/30/2009, -1/+6It's legit means of disinformation. They've been doing this for a very long time, the U.S. has done the exact same thing.
- finista, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4Shoot them with arrows.
- inigomntoya, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4The scene where the autopilot is being re-inflated from 'Airplane' comes to mind...
- illDecree, on 03/30/2009, -1/+5WIN!
- bobboberton, on 03/30/2009, -1/+5Down. Digg effect > Russian inflatable military.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -6/+10Russia, its called dignity.
- BossKey, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4Bush is out of office now.
- tk0680, on 03/30/2009, -1/+5There are just too many 'inflation' jokes to choose between, really.
- steelclash84, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4When I read about this kind of deception, I was amazed at the ingenuity. Another example is when the US used fake paratroopers to divert troops. They would deploy weighted cylinders with fire-crackers set on a fuse. They would drop them into a zone and the fuse would ignite to simulate gun-fire for air-scouts to report as an increase in troop amount.
- VipeNess, on 03/30/2009, -1/+4all they need now is an inflatable Chuck Norris and they would be set.
- graphictruth, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3You too
- PterionFracture, on 03/30/2009, -1/+4In Communist Russia, you don't blow up our tank, we blow it up for you!
- Nossie, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3in other news... Russia launches inflatable servers...
- maximilen, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3And servers crash at 115 Diggs.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3Lame and off topic.
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