Here's why the Marine Corps strapped a rare electronic warfare LAV to the deck of a warship

To combat the rising threat to surface warships posed by low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles, the Navy is taking some unconventional steps. One of those includes experimenting with strapping specially-designed Marine Corps vehicles to the decks of amphibious warships as an added layer of defense — vehicles that, based on newly-released photos, include a somewhat rare armored reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a new electronic warfare system.