As infrared-guided missiles have become more advanced, so have the countermeasures deployed to deflect them from aircraft targets. This image shows a laser countermeasures system from US defense contractor Northrop Grumman, but there is a desire to extend the spectrum across which the laser systems operate, to better defeat more sophisticated attacks in the future. Photo: Northrop Grumman. |
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