New photos show Russia shielding its Tu-95 bomber jets from missiles with rows of car tires.
It's the latest entry in a long list of jury-rigged Russian defenses and force protection measures.
Russia recently put cages on its tanks and sunk ships along a key bridge as last-ditch defenses.
Close-up analysis concluded that the patches were individual car tires, The Drive first reported, likely meant to confuse incoming Ukrainian missiles, such as the R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles that Ukraine has modified to hit land targets.
That random assortment of defenses for Kerch Bridge speaks less to a cohesive strategy and more to Russia scrambling to protect against the growing threat of Ukrainian drone boat attacks.
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