BREAKING NEWS
An Infrared Countermeasure system, commonly known as "Flare", is used both for air-to-air and ground-to-air deception. Designed as a preventive measure against heat-seeking missile attacks on military aircraft, this system defends by discharging flares from the aircraft. Since infrared-guided missiles typically target the hottest point of an aircraft, which is the engine, the aircraft or the pilot can automatically or manually deploy these flares upon detecting an incoming missile. These high-brightness and high-flammability countermeasure flares function primarily to mislead infrared guidance systems.