Talk:Haruna/@comment-5256985-20140728162554/@comment-24983319-20140728173556

I'm only speculating here, but I guess it works similar to a zebras pattern. In hot weather with the air scintillating above the watersurface the stripes blur and are hard to distinguish from a monotonous background. Of course this would only work horizontally, so aircraft should be unaffected. Maybe someone with actual military/historical knowledge can enlighten us on this.