I didn't know some military drones use trailing fiber-optics rather than RC so I was surprised seeing a pic of thin leftover strands stretching across a field.
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I didn't know some military drones use trailing fiber-optics rather than RC so I was surprised seeing a pic of thin leftover strands stretching across an Ukrainian field.
Hacking these wired drones should be practically impossible, and fiber optics don't care much about EM afaik. I suspect new drones are likely EM-hardened physically and just need the fiber-optic tail to work.
I looked up the range and it's actually 5-20 km.
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I didn't know some military drones use trailing fiber-optics rather than RC so I was surprised seeing a pic of thin leftover strands stretching across an Ukrainian field.
Hacking these wired drones should be practically impossible, and fiber optics don't care much about EM afaik. I suspect new drones are likely EM-hardened physically and just need the fiber-optic tail to work.
I looked up the range and it's actually 5-20 km.
@androidarts that's actually why they're used - fiber optic drones can't be hacked or jammed. On the other side, fibers are heavy, so the payload is much smaller than otherwise, so it's more of a specialty weapon against jammers.
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I didn't know some military drones use trailing fiber-optics rather than RC so I was surprised seeing a pic of thin leftover strands stretching across an Ukrainian field.
Hacking these wired drones should be practically impossible, and fiber optics don't care much about EM afaik. I suspect new drones are likely EM-hardened physically and just need the fiber-optic tail to work.
I looked up the range and it's actually 5-20 km.
@androidarts this is how submarines have controlled their guided torpedoes for decades. Very interesting to see it done with drones now
