Do military fighter jets still carry chaff to fool Radar guided missiles and Radar? If no, why not? - Quora
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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
![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)
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
![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)