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Airborne self-protection: never fly without it!(Upgrade Approach)
Armada International, October, 2003 by Grant, Peter
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As will be appreciated, this subject could fill a whole issue of Armada International on the upgrade side alone. However, most military aircraft produced in recent years have been fitted for, if not with, the means of airborne self-protection--the Defensive Aids Suite/System or Subsystem (Das or Dass). Much of the technology involved comes under the wider category of electronic warfare, as even decoys dispensed from aircraft now have electronic elements.
Whether fitted with defensive aids suites or not, aircraft--combat, tactical transports or helicopters--that go 'into harm's ...
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