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Old December 13th 18, 02:00 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Chaff...ya...they still use the stuff...read about the lastest

In article , F. Russell says...

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:20:55 -0800, Miloch wrote:


I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.


Hasn't the use of chaff been superseded by ECM, or electronic countermeasures?


Mmmmm....nope




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Special ECM aircraft have been developed and used since Vietnam
and maybe even before.


 




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