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Putin Warns of Pacific Threat as Submarines Protected by Anti-Drone Nets

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Ukraine has doggedly targeted Russia's Black Sea naval fleet near its key bases in Crimea and Novorossiysk.

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  1. 19FortyFive

    Ukraine’s Drones Have Created a New Problem: Russia Is Protecting Its Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines With Nets Hiding Half-Submerged (opens 19FortyFive)

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    Satellite imagery shows Russia installing large overhead anti-drone nets across submarine berths at the Rybachiy nuclear submarine base on the Kamchatka Peninsula — the principal Pacific Fleet base for the Borei-class ballistic missile submarines, among the most heavily armed vessels in the world.

  2. Newsweek

    Putin Warns of Pacific Threat as Submarines Protected by Anti-Drone Nets (opens Newsweek)

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    Ukraine has doggedly targeted Russia's Black Sea naval fleet near its key bases in Crimea and Novorossiysk.

  3. Fast Company

    Ukrainian drone attacks force Russia to protect its nuclear submarines with low-tech netting (opens Fast Company)

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    New satellite images reveal nets covering Russian submarines to protect them against Ukrainian drones. It’s a confirmation that no Moscow asset is free from Kiev’s attacks anymore, not even its prized nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet.