DRDO Develops Advanced Chaff Technology
On 19th August, 2021, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) informed that it had developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard the fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) against hostile radar threats.
Advanced Chaff Technology
- Chaff is primarily an electronic counter-measure technology used to protect high-value targets such as fighter jets or naval ships from radars and radio frequency (RF) guiding mechanisms of the enemy missiles.
- A chaff cartridge, stored onboard aircraft, is composed mainly of small aluminium or zinc coated fibres.
- The chaff, when deployed in the air, reflect as multiple targets for the missile ....
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