ADM-141A Tactical Air-Launched Decoy (TALD)
ADM-141C Improved TALD (ITALD) (SOLELY OUT OF ISRAEL)
The Tactical Air-Launched Decoy (TALD)/Improved TALD (ITALD) heavy glide/boosted family of passive/active decoys are expendable decoys used in offensive operations against enemy air defense systems by diluting and confusing surface-based and airborne defenses with realistic tactical target characteristics. The TALD is an air-launched, aerodynamic vehicle whose purpose is to minimize the effectiveness of an enemy's air defense system. The TALD is a preprogrammed glide vehicle used to increase the survivability of strike aircraft. The Improved TALD (ITALD) is a TALD which incorporates a propulsion unit. Both systems operate as expendable vehicles with no recovery capabilities. Launch platforms include the F/A-18, F-14, EA-6B, and the P-3.
The TALD is an air launched, preprogrammed, unpowered, glide chaff, RF passive, or RF active vehicle used to deceive and saturate enemy integrated air defenses during strike aircraft operations. The three operational TALD configurations include, the A/B37U-1 (V1) chaff vehicle, A/B37U-1 (V2) radar passive vehicle and the ADM-141A radar active vehicle. While fit, form and function remain the same within version, manufacturing differences have produced variants.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/tald.htmthis seems to be an add on. IT is a launcher as I am understanding it which can be added on to the various platforms it lists. I am wondering since it seems to render defense systems defenseless if it might not have been utilized to scramble radar as significantly as it does seem to have been scrambled in the area on 9/11.