Aitum Bum shabraat par chalanay k liye nahi lekin ye patakhay shabrat par chalanay k liye hain.
These are Flares, to disorient an incoming heat seeking missile by giving it a cloud/mesh of very high temperature flares to track, or it would home in on the heat signature of the engine exhaust and bring the plane down. It is commonly known, the metaphor, 'tapsi te thuss karsi' was coined by Engineers who developed the heat seeking missile.
True story!
