India Today /
StoryDecember 9, 2002 | UPDATED 16:58 IST
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Indian Navy warships to be given new paler NATO-like light grey colour
Indian Navy warships are shedding their trademark dark grey colours - which they have sported for nearly a half-century - for a new paler NATO-like light grey.
Naval brass say the paler paint helps blend in with the sea. The navy, whose six months at sea since the attack on Parliament was the longest operational deployment, discovered that while its dark grey warships melted into the night, they stood out during day.
Now all warships going in for refits are being given new coats of paint. The navl submarines, of course, remain black.
The colour doesn't matter underwater.
