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The Woman Whose Invention Helped Win a War — and Still Baffles Weathermen | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine
Do military fighter jets still carry chaff to fool Radar guided missiles and Radar? If no, why not? - Quora
![NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd4bXg4CUAAFMxp.png)
NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter
Air Power - A simplified take on how combat aircraft trick radar homing missiles using rapid-bloom chaff. The missile homes on the centroid of the biggest & brightest radar reflection. A sudden
![Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com](https://www.al.com/resizer/P3w0c4h3fnEHGahys81f_LUozq8=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.al.com/home/bama-media/width2048/img/breaking/photo/12878812-large.jpg)
Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com
![ToughSF on Twitter: ""For radar guided missiles, especially old pulse-doppler radars, you can also do very rapid deceleration to break lock, but that's a lot harder to do with AESA. IR Chaff ToughSF on Twitter: ""For radar guided missiles, especially old pulse-doppler radars, you can also do very rapid deceleration to break lock, but that's a lot harder to do with AESA. IR Chaff](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfbQAFcXcAAMzp5.jpg)