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An electro-chaff cloud

An electro-chaff cloud

Chaff was a type of electronic countermeasure that could be used to combat missiles. Chaff could be released from a ship's engines, creating a cloud of particles behind them. This would scramble the sensors of any ships or missiles passing through it, breaking "target lock". The effect would last until the cloud eventually dissipated.[1][2]

Chaff could also be electrified and deployed from electro-chaff missiles to damage or disable starships.[3]

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