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Russians have started using drones with fiber optic cables
Army Recognition ^ | 3/8/24 | Army Recognition

Posted on 03/08/2024 1:30:13 PM PST by hardspunned

According to a Telegram channel (@serhii_flash), the Russian military has begun deploying FPV (First Person View) drones equipped with coils of fiber optic cables, marking a significant advancement in drone communication technologies. The Ukrainian military has encountered one of these unusual drones, which had a 10-kilometer length of fiber optic cable unspooled during flight.

This cable control method offers a crucial advantage on the battlefield as these drones exhibit a unique resistance to electronic interference, making their neutralization extremely difficult, if not impossible, with current methods. The constant and uninterrupted video signal provided by the fiber optic cable allows for high-quality image transmission, thereby increasing the precision and effectiveness of strikes. Additionally, this technology eliminates the "radio horizon" phenomenon, which can cause a loss of connection in the drone's final meters of flight.

(Excerpt) Read more at armyrecognition.com ...


TOPICS: Ukraine
KEYWORDS: fiberoptic; fiberoptics
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To: BobL

More to the point, it seems completely absurd to quibble over the fact that the Russians invaded Ukraine in Feb 2022 with a massive mechanized force, not to mention hundreds of air and missile attacks on the day.


61 posted on 03/08/2024 5:32:42 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: hardspunned

Requires overhead, targeting device -type drone for long distance. FPV is basically a guided “artlllery shell” - not launched from a heavy field artillery gun.


62 posted on 03/08/2024 5:34:22 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: BobL

You are just being silly.
Even the Russians don’t deny they started this. They only try to justify it on one pretext or another.


63 posted on 03/08/2024 5:35:16 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: hardspunned; AdmSmith; UMCRevMom@aol.com
November 10, 2021
"Skynex Air Defence System in a truck-mounted version, successfully engaging a swarm of eight small drones with the 35mm Revolver Gun Mk3"
Rheinmetall Air Defence: Skynex truck-mounted engaging drone swarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5_F4_Eod8

October 7, 2022
"Since the war in Ukraine started, the EDM4S (Electronic Drone Mitigation System) has been a key component in targeting Russian drones."
The anti-drone gun giving Ukraine an advantage over Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPLsJ4FLuA

October 17, 2022
Ukrainian drone tracks Russian drone and blasting it out of the sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWVbTC5aEA8

November 14, 2022
"Ukraine has been using the German-made Gepard anti-aircraft gun to shoot down Russia's Shahed-136 drones."
Ukraine: The German-made Gepard anti-aircraft gun taking down Russian drones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuWDtQhkF98

June 11, 2023
Czech anti-aircraft gun (Twitter, video)
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1667790908572532736

June 15, 2023
"Among the arsenal of weapons aiding Ukraine in its battle against Russian aggression, one particular marvel has emerged as a true force to be reckoned with – the Flakpanzer Gephard."
How German Gepards Victorious Over Russian Drones in Ukraine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDz8E6ZBWMM

64 posted on 03/08/2024 6:30:18 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: hardspunned; AdmSmith; UMCRevMom@aol.com
Drone Detection

Aerial Armor
https://www.aerialarmor.com/blog/range-of-the-dji-aeroscope
https://www.aerialarmor.com/drone-detection-equipment/drone-detection-radar-systems
https://www.aerialarmor.com/drone-detection-equipment/drone-detection-camera

Corona Wire - DroneWatcher App
https://www.thecoronawire.com/is-there-an-app-that-detects-drones-2021/

65 posted on 03/08/2024 6:41:13 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: buwaya

“the Russians started this war”

Correct


66 posted on 03/08/2024 7:55:08 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

I just saw this video short, & thought I would share:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BPXu5wWTGlE?feature=share


67 posted on 03/08/2024 8:11:56 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ )
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To: hardspunned

Would not 6 miles of fishing line attached to a drone lead back to the operators position and provide an easy target for the Ukrainians? I certainly would not want to be standing at the starting point of the cable.


68 posted on 03/08/2024 9:56:50 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: linMcHlp

WOW!

Excellent posts!

Thank you for all the sources to view & read.
Many ask for information & I will share :)

Again thank you.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4222945/posts?page=64#64
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4222945/posts?page=65#65


69 posted on 03/08/2024 10:51:48 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ )
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To: hardspunned

John Kerry: Is the wire bio-degradable?


70 posted on 03/08/2024 11:48:34 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Steven Scharf

There will be other drones. Anyone walking along following a fiber optic line (if possible since that line would be so fine) would not last very long.


71 posted on 03/09/2024 6:46:20 AM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: AdmSmith; UMCRevMom@aol.com
20240309 Saturday
Daily Mail UK
Ukraine frontline: The killer drones changing warfare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gha9oDJpjAU
72 posted on 03/10/2024 3:15:24 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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