US tanks weren’t ready for Russian attacks. Ukraine has a fix

(The Hill) – The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined the armored behemoth. But Ukraine has now improved the Abrams, better protecting it through a relatively simple method: steel cages wrapped around the frame.  Ukrainian officials behind the effort tell The Hill that the retrofit has worked extraordinarily well at prot