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How Ukraine is using fake tanks and guns to confuse the Russians

Inflatables are the way forward

An inflatable decoy of an Abrams tank is presented to media in Decin, Czech Republic, Monday, March 6, 2023. Czech company, Inflatech, has made a wide range of replicas of heavy arms, be it tanks, armoured vehicles, aircraft or artillery, including U.S.-made HIMARS rocket system, the weapons that were among the billions of dollars in Western military aid that has helped Ukraine fight off the Russians since the Feb. 24 invasion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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