The following is my answer to a Quora
question: “Was
there a new technology, or development, that caused the US Navy to stop using
black-and-white stripes and shapes, as camouflage for its warships in the WW1
era?”
Dazzle camouflage was an experiment. The idea was that the disconcerting lines and
shading would obscure estimates of the movement and speed of the vessel when
spotted visually. It was used well into
the early days of World War II. With the
advent of radar, or more specifically, the Automated Radar Plotting Aid, it
became extinct. Vessels were no longer
tracked visually, but through electronic means, which rendered dazzle
camouflage irrelevant. Now, with
satellites, and over the horizon engagement capabilities, the colours of vessels
are not as important as their ability to diminish their electronic signature.
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