Definition
Active camouflage provides concealment in two ways:
- by making an object not merely generally similar to its surroundings, but effectively invisible through accurate mimicry, and
- by changing the appearance of the object as changes occur in its background.
Active camouflage has its origins in the diffused lighting camouflage first tested on Canadian Navy corvettes including HMCS Rimouski during World War II, and later in the armed forces of the United States of America in the Yehudi lights project, and of the United Kingdom.
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