Hypothetically, could a flare divert an IR homing missile low-flying

>>32064802
Tell me more about these low flying VTOL homing missile aircraft.

>>32064827
I can't into sentence structure. Pretend there's a "from" before the "low flying."

No a little flare won't near match the heat signature of 2 turbo props.

>>32064848
what about 3 flares?

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>>32064848
The problem isn't the heat, flares are MUCH hotter than exhausts. Its the frequency of the light emitted. IR missiles have a very narrow band that they home in on, which varies based on generation. Not only that but they have counter-counter measures that are specifically designed to spoof the spoofing of the flares launched by aircraft.

Hypothetically its maybe possible. But about as likely as winning the lotto while you're flying on the aircraft during the one and a half seconds from launch to impact.
>Provided its an older generation missile.

The systems built into the aircraft are SPECIFICALLY designed to defeat the seekers in missiles and survive-ability gets shaky with the newer generation of missiles, the star cluster has almost no chance.

>>32065367
IIRC, the newest missiles have imaging sensors, and can kind of pick out the difference between the shape of a plane and the shape of a couple flares.

>>32065367
>IR missiles have a very narrow band that they home in on
I believe flares raise the noise level of most of the band making it harder to discernibly detect things in the small band you're looking for
>>32066271
This. I'd be fuggin scared to be on the other side of an AIM 9x

I got a similar question,
if you were to lasso an RPG mid air, could you swing it back to sender before it's range thing blows up?

>>32067156
with an incredible amount of strength yes

>>32067156
I mean, how attached are you to your arm?

>>32065367
So basically, the ground flare would conveniently have to match the same IR frequency that the aircraft's engines were radiating?