Ships Adopt Makeshift Anti-Drone Defences as Black Sea Attacks Intensify
Ships are using makeshift defenses as drone strikes on Black Sea routes and ports intensify, with maritime security experts warning attacks may spread further.
- Commercial vessels transiting the Black Sea are increasingly deploying improvised defenses, including water tanks, tyres, and netting known as 'cope cages', to protect against escalating drone attacks.
- Since July, intensifying drone strikes from Russia and Ukraine have targeted commercial shipping and port infrastructure, prompting Corey Ranslem, chief executive of maritime security group Dryad Global, to warn that risks may rise further.
- Vessels like the Brisk, Integrator, and Khrizopraz have utilized these countermeasures, but Ranslem noted these tools may not be effective against larger military drones, limiting their utility.
- Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday that Black Sea attacks have renewed global grain shortages, particularly in Africa, while Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed Ankara has prepared a restoration plan.
- Russia rejected resuming the 2022 grain deal on Wednesday, complicating efforts to restore shipping access for nearly 33 million metric tons of Ukrainian grain previously exported under the mediated agreement.
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Commercial ships and oil tankers crossing the Bosfor strait resort to improvised protection systems, including nets, water containers and tires, to defend themselves from the increasingly intense drone attacks launched by Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea, according to analysts.
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