Why is the deck of the Russian navy painted bright orange? Afraid you're not obvious enough

In my opinion, for the need of visual camouflage, modern naval warships can choose cool colors such as gray, blue or black according to latitude to paint, and blend with the marine background to reduce visual characteristics. However, the Russian navy, a fighting nation, is a major feature, and its warship deck is painted very conspicuous red. For example, the orange deck of Kirov-class atomic cruiser is absolutely eye-catching in the sea. In fact, in addition to painting the deck red like Russia, the Soviet Union also painted the deck of warships red at that time. Why are you doing this?

Therefore, we can see that most warships are mostly red and black below the waterline, while above the waterline, according to the habits of different countries and the latitude and longitude of the country where they are located, the upper colors of warships are dark and light, but mainly gray or dark gray. For example, American warships are relatively light in color, mainly iron gray, while Russian warships are mostly dark gray;

The radar technology in World War II was relatively backward. Whether it is a warship or a fighter, in most cases, the enemy is found with the naked eye. In particular, reconnaissance planes, bombers and torpedo planes against enemy ships need to find the enemy's targets with the naked eye. In this case, the painting of warships is very important, so warships in many countries are for? Concealed? The exterior and deck of warships are painted with silver gray or dark gray close to seawater. But during World War II, the decks of Soviet warships were still red. At that time, the overall strength of the Soviet Union was very good, but the naval strength was very weak, so several small warships defended offshore. So, any color will do.

After World War II, radar technology also developed rapidly, but what color the deck was painted was not so important. When using warships to detect other warships, the detection distance has reached 40 kilometers, while the detection distance of early warning aircraft has reached hundreds of kilometers, so it is impossible to identify warships with the naked eye. For satellite reconnaissance technology, especially the U.S. military can use the ruts taken by high-precision satellite photos to analyze what kind of vehicles pass by. No matter what color the deck is painted, satellites can't escape the big target of warship reconnaissance. Eye of fire? Of course, red can be painted as a rainbow.

Why did the Russian navy choose the red deck?

Some people say that the Russian principle is simple and practical, and they don't like flashy. Because the decks of Russian warships are painted with red anti-rust paint, in fact, in order to hide outside the anti-rust paint, seawater is easy to corrode the paint and the next layer of anti-rust paint is easy to expose, so Russians directly use red paint. No complementary colors are needed. In addition, many Russian warships are also red near the external horizontal line, which is also the same reason.

The second argument is that large warships of the Soviet Union and Russia are equipped with helicopters. Not all these helicopters have radar systems. In this case, it is actually difficult for helicopters to identify warships, but if the deck is painted red, it is very beneficial for helicopter identification.