During the Falklands War, because a British aircraft lacked a conventional 'chaff' dispensing mechanism (used as a radar countermeasure), engineers designed one using welding rods, split pins and string.This eccentric make do was given the name of which cartoonist?
W. Heath Robinson inventions that achieved absurdly simple results following its use as services slang during the 1914–1918 First World War. In the "Wallace and Gromit" films, Wallace often invents Heath Robinson-like machines, with some inventions being direct references. During the Falklands War (1982), British Harrier aircraft lacked their conventional "chaff"-dispensing mechanism. Therefore, Royal Navy engineers designed an impromptu delivery system of welding rods, split pins and string which allowed six packets of chaff to be stored in the speedbrake well and deployed in flight. Due to its improvised and ramshackle nature it was often referred to as the "Heath Robinson chaff modification".
Chaff (countermeasure) Sudo Hajime invented a Japanese version called "Giman-shi", or "deceiving paper." It was first used with some success in mid 1943, during night battles over the Solomon Islands. Competing demands for the scarce aluminum necessary for its manufacture limited its use. On February 21, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, "Giman-shi" was successfully used prior to a Kamikaze attack on the . British warships in the Falklands War (1982) made heavy use of chaff. During this war, British Sea Harrier aircraft lacked their conventional chaff-dispensing mechanism. Therefore, Royal Navy engineers designed an impromptu delivery system of welding rods, split