The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday(26 June 2024) handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held in New Delhi.

Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC), a niche technology developed by DRDO’s Defence Laboratory in Jodhpur, obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thus reducing radar detection.

Special types of fibres, with a diameter of a few microns and unique microwave obscuration properties, have been assembled in the medium-range chaff rocket.