Decoy
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A decoy is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in
Carved wooden duck decoys
An inflatable dummy tank modeled after an M4 Sherman
Military dummy
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Dummies and decoys are fake military equipment that are intended to deceive the enemy. Dummies and decoys are only one aspect of military deception.
Inflatable S-300 missile system
One of the British squadron of dummy wooden battleships used to deceived the German military during World War I
F-16 mockups on a fake taxiway at Spangdahlem Air Base, 1985
Dummy replica aircraft used by US Navy to train aircraft ordnance technicians during World War II