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Iran allegedly painted helicopter decoy to waste costly IDF missiles
(interestingengineering.com)
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Everyone does this. Ukraine does this. The allies did it during WW2.
Wile E Coyote did this. War is hell.
Not so often that the military dropping the bombs post the footage as if celebrating a win
Thermal paint is very much a new development.
it's over 30 years old.
so the tech changes but the concept has been done forever. sheesh.