I’ve read some comments on reddit about Chaffing in the 80’s by the military and some fires they started back then. What is Chaffing, is it still being done? Why?
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The only context I see for military chaff is as a decoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_%28countermeasure%29
Chaff shouldn’t really be starting fires, as it’s relative inert material being ejected to decoy a missile. However, decoys for heat-seeking/infrared missiles are heat-based, usually flares.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_%28countermeasure%29
So these, used improperly, could cause fires if they landed, still burning, on dry brush.
They are still used because militaries still use infrared missiles and, therefore, decoys against them need to be tested for/against.
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What is carried out is a controlled burn or a back burn. If you burn the area ahead of a fire then when the fire reaches the location there is nothing to burn so you stop the fire.
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