Patent ID: 8518196

Claim:
A missile constructed as a decoy, the missile comprising: a front half having a nose in a flying direction of the missile; a pyrotechnic charge disposed only in said front half and forming said nose, said pyrotechnic charge configured to burn deflagratively upon a designated usage and structure of the missile and to emit IR radiation in flight as a result of burning of said pyrotechnic charge, causing the missile to act as a decoy; said pyrotechnic charge including a mixture containing at least one metal or a metal alloy as a fuel and at least one metal oxide as an oxidizing agent, said fuel and said oxidizing agent being selected to react with one another by burning; said mixture being compressed to a density of at least 85% of a theoretical density of said mixture; and said fuel, said oxidizing agent and a quantitative ratio between said fuel and said oxidizing agent being selected to result in a density of said mixture of at least 6 g/cm 3 .