War in Ukraine – Fiber optic drones are increasingly used at the front – UNIAN
Russia is once again demonstrating its willingness to spend huge amounts of money for the chance to destroy Ukraine.
There is a new stage in the drone war: the Russians have begun to massively use fiber-optic drones that are invulnerable to electronic warfare systems. Military communications specialist Sergei Beskrestnov, also known as the military blogger “Sergei Flash,” spoke about this in an interview with LIGA.net.
According to him, classic radio-controlled drones remain and will remain the basis of the unmanned fleet for the foreseeable future, because they are cheaper and easier to use.
“Fiber optic drones are more expensive, their price increases directly by the cost of the coil (for 5 or 10 km) – this is about $500. But for our enemy the price is not a problem. They proved this when they began to use FPV with night thermal imagers,…
