A United States Air Force jet has mistakenly dropped an anti-missile device over the British countryside, setting off a hunt for a device that could be dangerous to civilians who may stumble across it.
According to Internet sites about military matters, the device is used to confuse approaching missiles by creating a decoy trail in the air
bits of aluminum to trick radar
or flares that create 3,000 degrees of misleading heat to fool infrared sensors.
Of course, there was no time to prepare before the dropped device hit the ground. Now the Air Force is asking for help finding it
Here’s an Air Force statement read by a local police official in Suffolk, England, and printed in a local newspaper:
“Officials urge anyone finding objects with government markings to please report the find to their local constabulary,”
For safety reasons do not handle the chaff module or attempt to move it
Do not use any electrical transmitting devices, such as mobile phones, within 35 feet or 10 meters of the item
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