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[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I read that some drones are fibre optic controlled instead of radio, as it can't be jammed. This seems like a lot to be just that though

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

My understanding is this is essentially a hotly fought over area, or nearby a contentious area. That's why there's so many cables going through here:all the drones that were flown past this area.

[-] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

It's a lot of drones on both sides

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's exactly it. Every one of those lines was an FPV drone with a bomb. In addition to being impossible to jam, they also don't emit any signals so they're harder to detect.

Oh and you'll notice in some FPV videos that the video degrades as the drone gets closer to the target. This is generally due to signal interruption because of trees or terrain in the way. Fiber drones can fly as low as they damn well please with perfect video.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Riiight, I forgot about wire-guided missiles/torpedos. Makes sense to use a similar system for war drones.

Fiber-optic drones

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I knew about the fiber-optic drones, I had never heard about it on missiles/torpedos.

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