The Villains tear out of the cages in three seconds flat and laugh at the Heroes for trying. That reaction was budgeted for. The Troy Defense System was never meant to hold anyone; it was meant to buy the seconds that decide where everyone is standing when it fails.
Troy Defense System names a large-scale trapping and capture apparatus. The Heroes built it in preparation for their last stand against All For One and the forces standing with him. It appears in Chapter 344 and Episode 144.
The system is a set of black metal containers buried beneath the battlefield. Activation drives them upward out of the ground, swallowing most of the Villains and cutting them into isolated pockets. Because the captives were meant to be scattered to different parts of Japan by Warp Gate, each cell carries its own propulsion and rockets itself toward a second set of portals, these produced by Neito Monoma after Copying Kurogiri's Quirk.
Sturdy as they are, the cages were never engineered to hold anyone for any length of time. The Villains rip through in under three seconds and mock the idea that such a thing could restrain them, which is exactly the outcome the Heroes wanted. The cells only needed to stall the Villains while the Heroes took up position and drove the wreckage and the Villains inside it backward into the Warp Gates waiting behind them. A member of the Paranormal Liberation Front points out how absurd it is to burn that much money and hardware on so simple an aim, and his opponent answers that no expense is too great when the goal is beating them, in Chapter 345 and Episode 144.

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The Troy Defense System is a large-scale trapping and capture apparatus built by the Heroes for their final battle against All For One and the Paranormal Liberation Front. It first appears in Chapter 344 of the manga and Episode 144 of the anime.
The Troy Defense System uses black metal containers buried underground that rise up on activation, swallowing most of the Villains into isolated cages. Each cage then rockets itself toward portals created by Neito Monoma, who copies Kurogiri's Warp Gate Quirk.
No. The cages were never built to contain anyone for long, and the Villains tear through them in under three seconds. The system only needed to buy enough time for the Heroes to drive the Villains back into the waiting Warp Gates.
The Heroes built and deployed the Troy Defense System, with Neito Monoma providing the Warp Gate portals the cages launch toward using his Copy Quirk.
The Troy Defense System targeted All For One's allies in the Paranormal Liberation Front during the Heroes' final stand.
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