Russia has installed anti-drone nets at the Pacific Fleet’s Rybachy submarine base on the Kamchatka Peninsula. OSINT analyst MT Anderson analyzed Maxar satellite images from August 2 and discovered this phenomenon. The base is located in Krasheninnikov Bay and hosts submarines equipped with Russian nuclear weapons.
Researchers observed that some docks and a 949A Antey nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine (known as Oscar II in NATO classification) were covered with nets. He believes these nets may be used for anti-drone or camouflage purposes. A few days later, he discovered another photo from the same base, showing Russian naval personnel standing on the submarine’s gangway with nets clearly covering the entire dock and ships above them.
(Russian Rybachy base docks and submarine covered with fishing nets. August 2025)
This image confirms that these nets serve anti-drone functions, while also suggesting that Russia is concerned about the protection of strategic military assets and nuclear submarines, even thousands of kilometers away from Ukraine, fearing they might still be targeted in an attack.
According to media reports, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency obtained classified information about Russia’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky, which belongs to the 955A Borey-A class.
(Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency released some classified data on Russia’s new nuclear submarine “K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky”)