A marker beacon deployable by being launched through overhead foliage is capable of landing atop and settling on the foliage for visual and infrared detection. A tether limits the flight range of the beacon and operates a switch to the electronic portion of the device to initiate radio signalling. The radio information assists in initial detection of the beacon by a seeking craft. Received signals from the seeking craft activate a flare stored within the beacon unit to further assist in locating the beacon. The beacon is also deployable by launch at sea, and by both place-and-leave and hand-held means on land and sea.
Launcher Tube Deployed Marker Beacon Including Settlement Atop Foliage Feature
1994
81 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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