Nonexpendable Flares

Apart from their widespread use in tactical air-warfare pyrotechnic, infrared decoy flares allegedly serve to increase the survivabihty of intercontinental ballistic missile warheads (re-entry vehicles) against any ballistic missile defense measures. Practice targets for ballistic missile defense purposes have been developed based on 155 mm parachute illuminant shells. A prototype shell received 2500 g Ailing of magnesium/Teflon/Hycar . This material yields burning times between 160 and 190 s and radiant intensities in the 600 W sr range in a particular band at 18 000 m altitude [11]. 

Other uses of compositions similar to those used in decoy flares are 

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