I wonder how strong it is, and what kind of waste is left on the terrain. Do they retract the cords after the explosion, to avoid giving away their position?
No, the fiber wire stays out afterwards. It leaves a huge mess. There are photos of busy fields and hedge rows on telegram with a spider web of wire everywhere
If the spool has the ability to spit out wire fast enough (faster than the drones top speed) with minimal latency (the spool can accelerate faster than the drone) it shouldn’t be an issue with getting caught on static objects. The main concern would be getting the wire caught on moving objects, like cyclists/motorbikes, cars, tanks, etc. Then you could end up with scenarios where the wire can’t be spooled out fast enough due to the movement of the object the wire is caught on. Apparently when Ukraine tested out this concept, they had big issues with that.
From what I understand of Russian telegrams that discuss this, fiber optic drones are most effectively used when you control the high ground (as with artillery). If you launch from the highest position in the surrounding 20km radius then you can hit wherever you want without the fiber optic cables touching anything outside of power lines and trees. If you use it in an urban area it’s very different tactics.
It’s nuts that they fly while attached to a 10 km long fiber optic cable. Corded drones! 🤣
Fuck offfff there’s no way they’re doing fly by wire at that range surely?
I wonder how strong it is, and what kind of waste is left on the terrain. Do they retract the cords after the explosion, to avoid giving away their position?
No, the fiber wire stays out afterwards. It leaves a huge mess. There are photos of busy fields and hedge rows on telegram with a spider web of wire everywhere
Shit. It looks like it has the strength of fishing line. That can’t be good for wildlife.
jesus christ
Apparently it provides “a perfect video feed”.
Fucking gamers and their FPS. 🙄
complaining and getting moved to a different division because their drones have 165hz monitors and you’re only getting 30fps on an android tablet
I didn’t know there were fiber optic cable missiles wtf
Just like Evangelion fr fr
Some missiles have wires like that but drones are a lot more manuverable. Do they get caught on things this way?
If the spool has the ability to spit out wire fast enough (faster than the drones top speed) with minimal latency (the spool can accelerate faster than the drone) it shouldn’t be an issue with getting caught on static objects. The main concern would be getting the wire caught on moving objects, like cyclists/motorbikes, cars, tanks, etc. Then you could end up with scenarios where the wire can’t be spooled out fast enough due to the movement of the object the wire is caught on. Apparently when Ukraine tested out this concept, they had big issues with that.
From what I understand of Russian telegrams that discuss this, fiber optic drones are most effectively used when you control the high ground (as with artillery). If you launch from the highest position in the surrounding 20km radius then you can hit wherever you want without the fiber optic cables touching anything outside of power lines and trees. If you use it in an urban area it’s very different tactics.
It’s pretty smart, prevents jammers from working and is cheap