If you've watched "Top Gun," you might've noticed that the F/A-18's countermeasures use chaff/flare. While both chaff and flares are used by military aircraft to defend against incoming missiles, they ...

Chinese fighter jets have been popping flares or releasing chaff near foreign aircraft. Most recently, a Chinese J-16 let off flares close to an Australian P-8A to warn it off. This tactic has been ...

CHAFF is a critical defence technology used to protect fighter aircrafts or naval ships from enemy radar-guided missile during war. The significance of this technology lies in the fact that very less ...

SaabTech has revealed a prototype chaff and flare dispenser intended for use in protecting commercial aircraft from infrared guided missiles. The company is also exploring potential development of a ...

Nagpur: Solar Group, a Nagpur-based company, has begun production of chaff and flare systems, an electronic countermeasure device for military aircraft. The facility was inaugurated last week by the ...

Chinese fighter jets have repeatedly been accused of engaging in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft by flying too close and recklessly popping off flares and chaff in their flight paths.