AN/ALE-50 - AN/ALE-50
The AN/ALE-50 towed decoy system was developed by Raytheon to protect multiple US military aircraft from radar-guided missiles. The ALE-50 consists of a launch controller, launcher and towed decoy. It can be used on a variety of platforms without modification.
When deployed, the ALE-50's expendable aerial decoy is towed behind the aircraft. The decoy protects the host aircraft providing a more attractive target and steering the radar-guided missile away from the aircraft and right to the decoy. ALE-50 has countered both surface-to-air and air-to-air missils
In May 2006, Raytheon announced that it had delivered more than 20,000th ALE-50 decoy systems to the United States Air Force so far. These towed decoys were integrated and declared operational aboard the
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