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More than meets the eye
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| 05 April 2002 |
By JNI reporter Philip Sen
With state-of-the-art sensors and concentration on high-tech signature management it is easy to forget the importance of visual stealth and camouflage. Philip Sen reports on some modern approaches to an age-old problem.
Total stealth covers all aspects of a ship's signature . . . If a vessel's stealth characteristics are such that sophisticated sensors can only detect it at very short ranges, its visual signature becomes paramount.
All-aspect stealth and signature management must be equally balanced across the board lest the vessel is seen by the 'Mark one eyeball' before it appears on the state-of-the-art radar screen.
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| Finnish navy Rauma-class FAC(M) Naantali, cloaked in its camouflage netting, illustrates the benefits of concealment when moored in an archipelago environment. (Source: Finnish Navy) |