The decoys cannot be recognised as fakes by
radar reconnaissance and can easily be mistaken for real hardware, it added.
Says Ostro, "The odds are that we will have enormous advance warning--maybe centuries--but only if we do the optical and
radar reconnaissance that's necessary."
The exercise also included the use of several mechanisms and modern weapons, including reconnaissance / FNIC / AC / anti-armor, Jafflin, PZH2000 / Hautzer, Rastmeh rockets / Astors 2 / and the tank / Leopard + A7 /
radar reconnaissance and artillery.
This left the Netherlands East Indies--which had received some
radar reconnaissance from the ferrets during their stay at Fenton Field--lacking dedicated airborne collection.