Photos show a Russian Navy Project 21980 Grachonok patrol boat in the Black Sea with a multi-level overhead screen/"cope cage" added to the superstructure for protection against drone-delivered munitions. This adapts a now-common armored-vehicle field mod to a surface vessel, indicating naval units are improvising passive defenses against FPV/UAV threats despite likely tradeoffs in weapon arcs and coverage gaps.
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Russian Project 21980 patrol boat fitted with anti-drone cope cage
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- The War Zone · https://www.twz.com/sea/anti-drone-cope-cage-appears-on-russian-patrol-boatAnti-Drone “Cope Cage” Appears On Russian Patrol Boat