Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles are equipped with previously unknown traps that allow them to deceive air defenses, informs NYT.
This allows them to be invulnerable to heat-seeking missiles..
A US intelligence official notes that each such trap is shaped like a dart, painted white with an orange tail.. It is equipped with electronics that send signals to suppress enemy radars that are trying to locate the Iskander-M and contains a heat source to attract missiles..
It is noted that the use of such decoys by Russia may explain why it is difficult for Ukrainian air defense systems to intercept Russian Iskander missiles..
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