To defend its carrier battle group from a potential attack by Chinese supersonic cruise missiles such as the C-602 and the C-805, the United States Navy launched an exercise to test its new obscurant, Pandarra Fog, between June 21-25 this year near the island of Guam according to National Defense, a monthly magazine operated by the Russian defense ministry.
The USS Mustin and the USS Wayne E Meyer, two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, were tasked with protecting the USS Frank Cable, an Emory S Land-class submarine tender, which was to be disguised as an aircraft carrier or some other large vessel of the United States Navy during the exercise. The destroyers released the carbon fiber clouds known as Pandarra Fog to defend the submarine from simulated incoming enemy anti-ship cruise missiles.
Pandarra Fog was developed by the US Navy with the threat of Chinese missiles in mind to defeat the guidance systems of missiles aimed at its ships. The Russian military magazine stated that one advantage of Pandarra Fog is that it is very cheap compared to the other ways of intercepting missiles. The obscurant's weakness is that it can't be used in bad weather.
The magazine stated that another weakness of Pandarra Fog is that it can damage the radar systems of the destroyers releasing it as well. Generating Pandarra Fog also produces enough heat for infrared homing missiles to track targets. The Chinese PL-16 anti-radiation missile is also capable of paralyzing US warships before they have a chance to release the fog.
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