Nice catch by @vcdgf555. Could be that they put the cope tyres on u/s airframes hoping that these would draw attacks by dressing them up as being worth protecting
— Mike Yeo 杨启铭 (@TheBaseLeg) September 6, 2023
Otherwise having to remove them as part of preflight work on active airframes would be fun pic.twitter.com/Nl4qrJ1yO3