• Majorllama@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yeah but the enemy will be expecting planes that are painted to look like ground. They should paint them blue to confuse the enemy. Make them think they have lots of plane shaped ponds.

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      5 months ago

      Funny enough, in WW2, they sometimes did paint the undersides of planes blue as camo - from the ground, AA could have trouble distinguishing them against the sky.

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        5 months ago

        Jokes aside I know why they paint things the way they do lol.

        The lighter underside and darker topside is consistent in nature as well as our military vehicles for a very obvious reason. Birds almost always have lighter feathers on their belly and darker on top.

        Even in the water you will see similar color choices from many creatures. Them fuckers are always trying to avoid being seen.

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          5 months ago

          My obsession with trivia can’t resist the serious answer, even when I think someone is just going along with the joke 😔