Russian military drone teams have begun testing a fiber-optic kamikaze drone with a range of 50 kilometers. A 50-kilometer fiber-optic tube weighs 3.8 kilograms. Field tests for 50-kilometer fiber-optic communication presented no problems, except that the power of the drone's motor and the size of the battery needed to be increased. Both sides are now using large numbers of fiber-optic kamikaze drones, but the Russian military uses far more than the Ukrainian military. This is thanks to their ability to produce some fiber domestically and their channels for importing large quantities.
Currently, discarded fiber optics can be found everywhere in the fields on the Ukrainian front. Ukrainian soldiers have even noticed that some birds are using fiber optics to build nests. Western media reports that the Russian military is now using approximately 1,000 fiber-optic kamikaze drones per day, which will increase to 2,000 in the future.
Fiber-optic kamikaze drones use fiber optics for control and image transmission, so they are not affected by any anti-drone electronic warfare facilities. They can also stably transmit signals in densely built-up areas and forests.
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