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I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck

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182 points _tk_ | 4 comments | 26 Jun 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.268s | source
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TheChaplain ◴[26 Jun 25 11:11 UTC] No.44386198[source]▶
The article talks about signal jammers, but as far as I know most drones there are remote controlled using fiber for exactly that reason?
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jansan ◴[26 Jun 25 11:17 UTC] No.44386240[source]▶
Yes, he writes that after he left the battlefield they became more common.

There was a video of a soldier wading through massive amounts of fiber near the front line. Just imagine that for each drone attack there will be 10-50km of fiber dropped on the landscape. It will not rot and stay there until someone cleans it up.

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1. ataru ◴[26 Jun 25 11:22 UTC] No.44386275[source]▶
I've always wondered if the burning batteries and electronics in the drones have any significant environmental impact when compared to conventional weapons.
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2. ta1243 ◴[26 Jun 25 11:30 UTC] No.44386341[source]▶
I'd rather have old fibre cables and lithium batteries than old unexploded ordinance

(If wishes were horses I'd rather Russia hadn't invaded a sovereign country in the first place, but we are where we are)

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4. lordnacho ◴[26 Jun 25 11:52 UTC] No.44386496[source]▶
According to the article, you will get BOTH of those, no? Some of the bombs on the drones don't explode.