The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) program was begun in 1995 by DARPA to develop a small, low-cost decoy missile for use in the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). Teledyne Ryan (acquired by Northrop Grumman in 1999) was granted a development contract for the ADM-160A in 1996, and the first test flight took place in 1999. The evaluation program was finished by 2001. Its first known combat use was in May 2023 by the Ukrainian Air Force in the Russo-Ukrainian war. (USAF Image)