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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Prior to D-Day, The Allies had inflatable tanks and trucks to disguise where the real buildup was. Pretty classical tactic.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Those cast shadows. Look at this pic again. These idiots aren't fooling anyone except NK blurry ass satellite.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or perhaps a blurry ass camera in a drone at night. You might be surprised what can work at times. At least it will cause someone to waste a bit more time studying the photos to be sure of what they are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

i mean, with the amount of effort this took even a single quick glance resulting in a miss would be a pretty big win

its a silly idea but theres hardly any reason not to try it

not to mention that its probably still pretty effective in low visibility situations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I guarantee whoever looked at this image the first time laughed their ass off. The only reason we are even seeing it is cuz it is such a joke

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

We've quite literally done the same thing in area 51 and quite honestly most of our test facilities and skunk works. The sr71 pretty literally had a bunch of janky designs painted around Radar testing facilities to throw off the Russians.