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Breda Light Chaff Rocket Launching System
Country of Origin: Italy
description
The Italian Breda Light Chaff Rocket Launching System (LCRLS) protects small combatants from radar homing missiles by launching 105-mm rockets that create a chaff cloud. The chaff is deployed from banks of six fixed-elevation launch tubes. In each bank, the forward four tubes point 45 degrees off the bow; the after two are angled 45 degrees off the stern.
In a typical operation, one pair of tubes facing in each direction is fired as the ship begins evasive maneuvers. A second...
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