MIL-STD-2071A, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TEST METHOD STANDARD TESTING OF CHAFF, RADAR CROSS-SECTION (28 APR 2000)., The purpose of this standard is to describe and illustrate practices and procedures to befollowed when measuring the radar cross-section (RCS) of airborne dispensed chaffcountermeasures for acceptance purposes. This standard relates the prescribed requirements tothe existing stage of technological achievement, making the most effective use of commerciallyavailable, state-of-the-art equipment. This standard establishes the procedures, requirements, and instructions fortesting chaff payloads under flight conditions to determine compliance with the associated systemperformance or detail specification specified in the contract.