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| {{expand section|date=June 2021}}[[File:INS Chennai launching a Kavach Rocket from the Kavach Chaff Rocket Launcher manufactured by the Ordnance Factory Board.jpg|thumb|right|[[INS Chennai (D65)|INS Chennai]] launching a Kavach rocket]] | | {{wikt|kavaca|कवच}} |
| | '''Kavach''' may refer to: |
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| '''Kavach''' ({{lit|Armour}}) is an [[anti-missile]] naval [[Chaff (countermeasure)|decoy system]] to distract radar-guided [[missile]]s from their targets and act as a systems for self-defence.
| | * [[Kavach (anti-missile system)]], an Indian anti-missile naval decoy system |
| | * [[Kavach (train protection system)]], Indian Railways train protection system |
| | * [[Kavach (TV series)]], an Indian supernatural horror drama television series |
| | * [[Aarogya Setu]], an Indian COVID–19 contact tracing, syndromic mapping and self-assessment digital service, formerly known as Corona Kavach |
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| == Development == | | == See also == |
| The [[Ordnance Factory Board]] took up the challenge to develop the rockets and its system to achieve self-reliance in this field.<ref name="IndExpKavach20120525">{{cite web | title=AFK hands over indigenous RGB versions, Kavach system to Navy | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/afk-hands-over-indigenous-rgb-versions-kavach-system-to-navy/953720/ | publisher=The Indian Express | date=25 May 2012 | accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
| | * [[Kavacham (disambiguation)]] |
| | * [[Kvatch (disambiguation)]] |
| | * Kavatch, a dialect of the [[Nemi language]] |
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| It was formally handed over to the [[Indian Navy|navy]] on May 25, 2012 by Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK), [[Pune]] which manufactures the rockets, while the rocket launchers are manufactured at the Machine Tool Prototype Factory (MTPF), [[Mumbai]] .<ref>http://ofbindia.gov.in/units/index.php?unit=mpf&page=products&lang=en</ref>
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| == Design ==
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| The Kavach decoy system releases chaff made up of silver coated glass fiber. The chaff forms a clutter which remains suspended in the air so that the incoming guided missile confuses the chaff as the actual target and gets locked onto the chaff instead of the actual target.
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| The Kavach system has chaff rockets of three different versions based on the range:<ref name="TOIKavach20120525">{{cite web | title=Navy now has indigenous Kavach | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Navy-now-has-indigenous-Kavach/articleshow/13460008.cms | publisher=Times of India | date=25 May 2012 | accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
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| * Long Range: {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| * Medium Range: {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| * Short Range: {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| These versions are fired in different situations based on incoming threats.
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| == Production ==
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| AFK is expected to deliver around 4,000 Kavach variants over the next three years.<ref name="IndExpKavach20120525"/><ref name="NavTechKavach20120525">{{cite web | title=Indian Navy receives RGBs and Kavach decoy systems | url=http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindian-navy-receives-rgbs-kavach-decoy-systems | publisher=Naval Technology Market and Customer Insight | date=28 May 2012 | accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
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| == Uses ==
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| The first ship to be equipped with Kavach was [[INS Kamorta|INS ''Kamorta'']]. Now it is on-board all the new vessels of the [[Indian Navy]] such as:
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| * [[Kamorta-class corvette]]
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| * [[Kolkata-class destroyer]]s
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| * [[Visakhapatnam-class destroyer]]s
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| * [[Shivalik-class frigate]]s
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Weapons countermeasures]]
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