Russia’s Shadow Fleet Turns to Nets and Rubber Tires for Makeshift Drone Armor
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Russia’s Shadow Fleet Is Turning Into a Floating Fortress Against Ukrainian Drones
Russian shadow fleet oil tankers are increasingly being equipped with protective netting, metal structures, and rubber tires to shield against drone strikes during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has begun to protect the ships of its phantom fleet with somewhat improvised methods, which trade fuel by circumventing sanctions
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Song Jin-won = 'Shadow Fleet' tankers transporting Russian oil to evade Western sanctions are iron... to defend against drone attacks in Ukraine
Russian oil ships in the shadows began to equip themselves with protective nets, metal structures and tires to protect themselves against drone attacks. Wall Street Journal analyzed the photographs of ships provided by maritime analyst Yörük Işık.
Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea are increasingly equipped with homemade protection against drones. The post Russian sanctioning tankers began to be protected by nets from drones appeared first on Ukrainian Shipping Magazine — Shipping News of Ukraine and the World.
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