In the Ukraine war, anti-AI tactics are producing bizarre forms of camouflage
IN RECENT MONTHS Russian military lorries in Ukraine have begun sporting a striking new colour scheme of vivid black-and-white stripes. As camouflage goes, it is not much use against human observers. But then, it is not intended to fool biological eyes. Its aim is to frustrate the machine-vision systems that are fitted to the Ukrainian drones that zip around battlefields looking for prey.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Hiding in plain sight”
From the July 11th 2026 edition
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