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I just realized something amazing.
I've heard said that in a modern battlefield like Ukraine, where recon drones are ubiquitous and satellite data is better and better, that stealth effectively doesn't exist. You know where all your enemy's forces are with high accuracy, and they know where yours are. Even if this is an exaggeration, the fog of war does seem to be dissipating with time. Eventually, recon tech will be so good that there will be no point for even having camouflage.
So what this means is.....WE CAN BRING BACK FABULOUS MILITARY UNIFORMS!!!
There's a lot of selection bias here. The drone footage is footage where the drone found an enemy. The footage where the drone missed an enemy because of camouflage / stealth is never seen.
But, maybe it's true that due to drones and satellites, it will be harder and harder to keep from being hidden. So, instead of being hidden, the focus might turn to being unrecognizable as an enemy soldier, something that the pattern-recognition systems can't identify. So, effectively dazzle camouflage but for soldiers, like in Blade Runner.
OUT: YUCKY CAMO
BACK IN: CODPIECE
Just because a drone knows you are in the area, doesn't mean the guy who wants to take a shot at you with his rifle can see you easily.