AN/ALQ-157 Infrared Countermeasures System
The AN/ALQ-157 Infrared Countermeasures System carried on the CH-53D Sea Stallion, the AC-130U Spectre, and other aircraft, is an infrared countermeasures set designed to protect the aircraft by jamming the missile guidance of a heat seeking missile by radiating controlled pulsed, high intensity infrared energy.
Sources and Resources
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/an-alq-157.htm
Maintained by Robert Sherman
Originally created by John Pike
Updated Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:27:01 AM