New Delhi: Indian Navy has successfully conducted trials of all three variants of Advanced Chaff Technology in the Arabian Sea, that would safeguard the naval ships against enemy missile attack, and found their performance to be “satisfactory”, the Ministry of Defence stated here today.
The three variants of this critical Advanced Chaff Technology, namely Short Range Chaff Rocket (SRCR), Medium Range Chaff Rocket (MRCR) and Long Range Chaff Rocket (LRCR) have been indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at its Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (DLJ) meeting Indian Navy’s qualitative requirements.
Chaff is a passive expendable electronic countermeasure technology used worldwide to protect naval ships from enemy’s radar and Radio Frequency (RF) missile seekers. The importance of this development lies in the fact that very less quantity of chaff material deployed in the air acts as decoy to deflect enemy’s missiles for safety of the ships.
The DRDO has gained the expertise to meet the futuristic threats from adversaries. The technology is being given to the industry for production in large quantities, the Ministry said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, Indian Navy and Industry for the achievement.
Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy appreciated the efforts of the teams involved in the indigenous development of this vital technology to safeguard Indian Naval Ships. Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar has applauded DRDO efforts in developing strategically important technology indigenously in a short span and cleared for bulk production.
