Images from a workshop in Russian-held territory in Ukraine show spiky wire armor being fitted to military vehicles as ...

The below photo, of a tank fitted with bristling metal wires, is one of the clearest images yet seen of a new kind of anti-drone armor first spotted on invading tanks in Ukraine in the autumn of 2025.

Tanks are becoming steel porcupines in the latest round of improvised armor upgrades in Ukraine. First seen on Russian vehicles, bizarre ‘Dread’ armor with arrays of metal rods or spikes is now being ...