AN/ALE-29

Country of Origin: USA

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The AN/ALE-29A/B is an aircraft-carried countermeasures dispenser system for use against radar-directed/IR homing missiles.

It consists of two dispensers, a chaff programmer and a cockpit control unit. Each dispenser of the ALE-29A carries 30 RR-129/RR-144 chaff cartridges or 30 MK46/47 IR decoy flares. Normal aircraft installation is two units.

The ALE-29B is an improved version of the 29A and allows payload flexibility by selectively choosing up to three types of...

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