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At a secret workshop in Ukraine’s north-east, where about 20 people assemble hundreds of FPV (first person view) drones, there is a new design. Under the frame of the familiar quadcopter is a cylinder, the size of a forearm. Coiled up inside is fibre optic cable, 10km (6 miles) or even 20km long, to create a wired kamikaze drone.

Capt Yuriy Fedorenko, the commander of a specialist drone unit, the Achilles regiment, says fibre optic drones were an experimental response to battlefield jamming and rapidly took off late last year. With no radio connection, they cannot be jammed, are difficult to detect and able to fly in ways conventional FPV drones cannot.

“If pilots are experienced, they can fly these drones very low and between the trees in a forest or tree line. If you are flying with a regular drone, the trees block the signal unless you have a re-transmitter close,” he observes. Where tree lined supply roads were thought safer, fibre optic drones have been able to get through.

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[–] Drempire@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What does that look like? Can't imagine what tons of fiber in the air looks like, do you have a video you can share with the rest of the class

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine walking into a spider's web, and you couldn't just wipe it off your face.

It's a minor concern when a nation's existence is on the line, but I do wonder how all those wires will affect the fauna and environment.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago

I do wonder how all those wires will affect the fauna and environment.

I have actually no idea what the effects would be here. But when this land gets reclaimed by Ukraine they'll need to clean it up regardless. There's mines and other explosives, burned out cars, and even dead bodies to clear.