CANBERRA, Australia, April 5 (UPI) -- An international test of the effectiveness of various camouflage patterns for military uniforms was conducted in Australia's Queensland state.
The Australian Department of Defense said 18 current and experimental camouflage patterns were evaluated over two weeks in a variety of terrains to determine how effective the patterns were in the visual, ultraviolet, infrared and radar bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Researchers used multispectral image recording and panoramic photography techniques to measure camouflage effectiveness, the Defense Department said.
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