MPN, I believe with the UK Base huge quantities of paint and money were wasted on tone down. Tone down against what?
The threat from tactical aircraft using optical systems was non-existent.
The threat from missiles was real but the defence non-existent.
The threat from strategic and tactical bombers was possible but using tone-down was illogical against a blind bombing devices. To a bomber, identifying a target wad unnecessary, we would aim at what our friends would call a PRSL or precise radar significant location. The only defences there are interceptors, missiles, and jammers. I wonder why we never deployed ground jammers?