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Chaff Grenade

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Chaff Grenades are a miniature chaff dispenser. Chaff consists of small aluminum strips that are specifically designed to confuse radar frequencies, and normally used by aircraft to fool missile radar. The individual strips are cut in such a way that they wreak havoc with radar's transmitted frequencies. The Chaff Grenade is a combination of a wide-dispersal system for such strips and an electronic jamming system similar in effect to a magnetic pulse; it fools most electronic devices in the current room, including security cameras, radios, and some types of UAV.

Solid Snake and Raiden use these in their missions to help slip past surveillance cameras, and CYPHERs. They also assisted in confusing Gekkos and Scarabs. During the Shadow Moses incident, Solid Snake used them to disrupt Metal Gear REX's targeting abilities, opening a window of opportunity in which he could attack it; Raiden used them in a similar manner while fighting the Metal Gear RAYs guarding Arsenal Gear. During Operation: Snake Eater, Big Boss also used them to disrupt Colonel Volgin's electrical field.

It seems by 2014 that they have have stopped being produced and weapon sellers like Drebin don't sell them and they are quite rare.


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