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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed three variants of a ‘Chaff Rocket’.
About
- The DRDO’s 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).
- The chaff system basically comprises multiple barrel launchers (Port and Starboard configuration), with each launcher possessing a built-in stabilization system against roll, pitch and yaw motions.
- The Navy recently conducted trials of all three variants from a warship deployed in the Arabian Sea and found the performance satisfactory.
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Relevance
- It will protect naval ships against enemy missile attack.
- The successful development of Advanced Chaff Technology is another step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Chaff Rocket
- It is primarily a mechanism that when fired acts as a decoy to deflect the guiding mechanism of enemy missiles.
- Chaff is an electronic countermeasure technology used by militaries worldwide to protect naval ships or other sensitive targets from radar and radio frequency (RF) guiding mechanisms of the enemy missile.
- Chaff forms a volumetric radar re?ecting material and is composed of distributed metalized radar reflector material.
- 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.
Source: IE
