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19 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Transition
- Civilian use
- Maritime distress signal
- Roadside and rail
- Forestry and firefighting
- Protests
- Military use
- Maritime signal flare
- Illumination
- Countermeasure
- Tripflares
- Regulation
- Chemistry
- Perchlorate flare health issues
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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A flare is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares may be ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics may be dropped from aircraft, fired from rocket or artillery, or deployed by flare guns or handheld percussive tubes.