In article , not my real pseudonym
says...


But that's only $42 million per airplane...

That paint scheme both sucks and blows.

....for $20,000 they could have gone with this...!

Interesting short read at
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...zle-camouflage

"Air forces around the world will often give their aircraft specialized paint
jobs to commemorate anniversaries and other notable occasions, but it's far less
common to see navies do the same thing with their ships. Recently, however, the
Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax class frigate HMCS Regina recently took part in a
training exercise wearing an iconic blue, black, and gray paint job, commonly
known as a "dazzle" scheme, a kind of warship camouflage that first appeared
during World War I.

"At the end of March 2020, Regina, and her unique paint job, had joined the HMCS
Calgary, another Halifax class frigate, along with the Kingston class coastal
defense vessel HMCS Brandon and two Orca class Patrol Craft Training (PCT)
vessels, HMCS Cougar and HMCS Wolf, for Task Group Exercise 20-1 (TGEX 20-1) off
the coast of Vancouver Island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The training
continued into the first week of April. TGEX 20-1 was part of Calgary's Directed
Sea Readiness Training (DSRT) in preparation for that particular ship's upcoming
deployment.

"Regina had first emerged in the dazzle scheme in October 2019 ahead of the U.S.
Navy-led Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, a massive naval training event
that takes place every two years and includes U.S. allies and partners from
around the Pacific region. It reportedly took 272 gallons of paint and cost the
Royal Canadian Navy $20,000 to give Regina the dazzle treatment.

"The frigate will wear the camouflage pattern until the end of 2020. The Royal
Canadian Navy also painted up the Kingston class HMCS Moncton, which is
homeported in Halifax on the other side of the country, in a similar scheme. The
paint job on both ships is in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end
of the Battle of the Atlantic. This refers to the Allied fight to both enforce a
naval blockade of Germany during World War II and secure critical maritime
supply routes from North America to Europe. The battle officially ended with the
surrender of the Nazi regime in May 1945.


more pics and text at
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...zle-camouflage



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