mamac

English translation: Decoy

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Serbo-Croat term or phrase:mamac
English translation:Decoy
Entered by: RaiMne

21:08 Nov 1, 2009
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: mamac
IC-3 mamaca za zaštitu od dejstva protivavionskih raketa???
RaiMne
Decoy
Explanation:
Decoy je i navedeno u prvom odgovoru. Mamac je da mami, zavede (da bude "false target"), a countermeasure je protivmjera.

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Aleksandar Gasic
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countermeasure


Explanation:
IC-3 is infrared countermeasure. The system shoots off false heat targets (flares) or decoys.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-01 23:52:46 GMT)
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*IC-3 is countermeasure system


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countermeasure#IR-decoy_flares
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_countermeasures
Karletto
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Decoy


Explanation:
Decoy je i navedeno u prvom odgovoru. Mamac je da mami, zavede (da bude "false target"), a countermeasure je protivmjera.



Aleksandar Gasic
Montenegro
Local time: 02:44
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Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mira Stepanovic
11 hrs
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agree  Marina Pjevalica
3 days 3 hrs

agree  Matej Matijević: Da ali da ne bi došlo do zabune, što se tiče toplinskih proturaketnih mamaca , točan pojam je FLARE, ili CHAFF
1217 days
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