{"id":14682,"date":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/06-04-2021\/indigenous-variants-of-chaff-rockets\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","slug":"indigenous-variants-of-chaff-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/06-04-2021\/indigenous-variants-of-chaff-rockets","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Variants of \u2018Chaff Rockets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)<\/strong> has developed three variants of a<strong> \u2018Chaff Rocket\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The DRDO\u2019s facility Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (DLJ) has indigenously<strong> <\/strong>developed <strong>three variants <\/strong>of this critical technology:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Short Range Chaff Rocket (SRCR) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium-Range Chaff Rocket (MRCR)<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long Range Chaff Rocket (LRCR).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>chaff system<\/strong> basically comprises multiple barrel launchers (Port and Starboard configuration), with each launcher possessing a built-in stabilization system against roll, pitch and yaw motions.<\/li>\n<li>The Navy recently conducted trials of all three variants from a warship deployed in the <strong>Arabian Sea and found the performance satisfactory.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/516563056382405200_image.png\" style=\"height:226px; margin-left:150px; margin-right:150px; width:401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Image Courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/drdo-chaff-rocket-technology-indian-navy-7259861\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will protect naval ships against<strong> enemy missile attack.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The successful development of <strong>Advanced Chaff Technology<\/strong> is another step towards <strong>Atmanirbhar Bharat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chaff Rocket<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is primarily a mechanism that when fired acts as a decoy to deflect the guiding mechanism of enemy missiles.\n<ul>\n<li>Chaff is an <strong>electronic countermeasure technology<\/strong> used by militaries worldwide to protect naval ships or other sensitive targets from radar and radio frequency (RF) guiding mechanisms of the enemy missile.<\/li>\n<li>Chaff forms a volumetric radar re?ecting material and is composed of distributed metalized radar reflector material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The chaff rockets deployed in the air reflect as multiple targets for the missile guidance systems and deflecting adversary missiles, thus protecting their own assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/defence-research-and-development-organisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed three variants of a \u2018Chaff Rocket\u2019. About The DRDO\u2019s facility Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (DLJ) has indigenously developed three variants of this critical technology: Short Range Chaff Rocket (SRCR) Medium-Range Chaff Rocket (MRCR) and Long Range Chaff Rocket (LRCR). 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