During wartime, ships faced constant threats from submarines that relied on visual targeting to launch torpedoes. Instead of ...

Militaries began using camouflage during World War I as the rise of aerial photography and trench warfare rose in popularity. Most camouflage used during World War I was found on vehicles and ...

During the first and second World Wars it was common for the Navy to paint ships in camouflage patterns. The Navy is reviving that tradition with the first Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Freedom, with ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

As seen on ships like the French light cruiser Glorie, the camouflage scheme known as "Dazzle" confounded Axis forces throughout the war. Hiding warships at sea is a difficult task. The sea is flat, ...

March 30,2008: Aircraft, armored vehicles, and even ships are now using the new "fractal" camouflage patterns that proven so popular, and useful for ground troops. Also called "digital camouflage", ...

The Public Art Fund, a New York organization that offers free contemporary art shows, has commissioned local artist Tauba Auerbach to transform the historic fireboat John J. Harvey into a contemporary ...

To create her dazzle camouflage design, Auerbach used a process known as marbling, or swirling pools of ink on paper to generate fluid patterns Nicholas Knight / Courtesy of the Public Art Fund This ...