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BOZ is a
BOZ is a SAAB
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Brands and enterprises
* Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defence company, formerly known as SAAB, and later as Saab AB
** Datasaab, a former computer company, started as spin off from Saab AB
* Saab Automobile, a fo ...
-manufactured under-wing radar-guided and heat-seeking (infrared homing
Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers" since infrared is ra ...
) missile counter-measures pod. It can be equipped with chaff-dispensing, flares and electronic counter-measures and threat analysis capabilities. It has been fitted to the Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS ( int ...
.
Components
Theflare
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s contained, to divert heat-seeking missiles, are 55mm No.4 Mk.2 Type1 flares, manufactured by the British company Chemring.
Variants
* Swedish version is called BOX-9 or KB (pod type B) * German version is called BOZ-101 (for Tornado IDS and ECR) * Italian version is called BOZ-102 (for Tornado IDS and ECR) and an enhanced version, the BOZ-102EC (Enhanced Capability) * French version is called BOZ-103 * British version is called BOZ-107See also
*Sky Shadow
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Receptio ...
, radar countering, also carried by the Panavia Tornado
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.saab.com/products/countermeasure-dispensing-systems Electronic warfare equipment Saab