Deceptive.

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Indeed, I was deceived! Not necessarily dazzle however.

"Russian Navy's New Deceptive Camouflage To Protect Kalibr-Armed Warships"

   From http://www.hisutton.com | H. I. Sutton Internet web site.

I had to look at the image for a short while and read the entire H. I. Sutton article before I fully understood  the deception. Bow and stern alone painted, the remaining paint scheme of the vessel left intact. A "deceptive camouflage scheme because it doesn't try to hide the ship completely, instead it tries to deceive the viewer into misidentifying it."

"The Russian Navy has continued to apply deceptive camouflage to key ships in the Black Sea. The new camo was first reported on June 22 when the frigate Admiral Essen was observed in Sevastopol. Since then at least 6 (scroll down for latest list) more warships have been painted in a similar way."

"The two Pr.11356R Admiral Grigorovich class frigates and two (update: 3) Pr.21631 Buyan-M class corvettes, are Kalibr carriers. This is unlikely to be a coincidence."

"The camouflage involves black (or very dark) paint applied to bow sand stern of the ship. This makes the ship appear shorter in some conditions. It can be considered a deceptive camouflage scheme because it doesn't try to hide the ship completely, instead it tries to deceive the viewer into misidentifying it."

Conventional dazzle-type painting as used to confuse enemy warship here in this instance a Russian Bora- class missile firing corvette warship.

See previous blog entries the topic dazzle painting of warships:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/12/dazzle.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/01/visby.html

https://tinyurl.com/2ze42h9c

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