Russia's Pacific Fleet submarines off Vladivostok on July 30, 2023. Russia's Northern fleet vessel Tula had a "cope cage" installed on it to protect it against drones, it has been reported.

A strange video from the war in Ukraine showed a modified old tank. The footage seemed to show a T-54 or T-55 with a huge "cope cage" on top. The devices are a kind of crude defense against anti ...

Footage shared by a Ukrainian battalion appears to show exploding drones striking Russian 'cope cages.' Both Russia and Ukraine have used the cages as makeshift missile defenses on vehicles ...

Footage shared by a Ukrainian battalion appears to show exploding drones striking Russian 'cope cages.' Both Russia and Ukraine have used the cages as makeshift missile defenses on vehicles ...

Standing inside a cavernous garage, Russian military blogger Alexander Sladkov shows off the latest iteration of the so-called cope cage craze. As the camera pans across the workspace, about a ...

Once ridiculed as a desperate and ineffective defense against top-attack missiles, “cope cages” have quietly evolved into a crucial adaptation in modern warfare. Originally added to Russian ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

The first reported sighting of a Russian cope cage on a T-72B3. The T-72B3 is identified by the presence of the Sosna-U optical sight box on the top left of the turret.

Cope cages began appearing on Russian armored vehicles in late 2021 amid the pre-war buildup as a counter to loitering munitions and drones, particularly the Turkish-made TB-2 used in the 2020 ...

The first anti-drone cages, which Ukrainian observers dubbed “cope cages,” began showing up on Russian armored vehicles shortly after Russian forces widened their war on Ukraine in February 2022.

Israeli tanks mobilized outside Gaza have been adapted with overhead cages to protect against attack drones, a safety modification widely used in Ukraine that appears to be proliferating in a new ...

Footage shared by a Ukrainian battalion appears to show exploding drones striking Russian 'cope cages.' Both Russia and Ukraine have used the cages as makeshift missile defenses on vehicles. However, ...