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This cool image shows what an F-16 flare cartridge looks like moments after being ejected

November 12, 2013 David Cenciotti

Flares are high-temperature heat sources ejected from combat planes to mislead the missile’s heat-seeking targeting system: the burning flares have a heat signature larger than that of the aircraft’s engines, thus they attract IR (infrared) […]