The Russian Navy has covered its Borei-Class ballistic missile submarines with drone protection nets to shield them from Ukrainian drone attacks, satellite images have confirmed.
The submarines are stationed at Rybachiy, which is one of the naval bases of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet, located 7400 km east of Ukraine on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Borei-class submarines have been an integral part of the Russian naval fleet since they conduct long-duration deterrence patrols in the Pacific Ocean and carry 16 RSM-56 Bulava ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
Hence, protecting them with cheap Ukrainian drones is extremely important, and for this purpose, the Russian navy has used a cage armour, similar to the one used on battle tanks employed in Ukraine.
These nets offer protection against slow-moving First Person View (FPV) quadcopter drones, which carry warheads similar to the ones onboard the Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs).
Somewhat similar anti-drone metallic nets were seen on the submarines of the Black Sea Fleet and the submarines of the Baltic and the North Sea Fleet, on
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