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

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183 points _tk_ | 5 comments | 26 Jun 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.039s | 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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1. 8note ◴[26 Jun 25 11:23 UTC] No.44386280[source]▶
> Today, some Ukrainian and Russian units are also using drones controlled by fiber-optic cable, rather than radio, though I had no personal experience with this type of drone in my unit
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2. paganel ◴[26 Jun 25 11:30 UTC] No.44386342[source]▶
Because it is mostly the Russians that are using those, the Ukrainians have also started using them but in less fewer numbers.
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4. adrian_b ◴[27 Jun 25 07:10 UTC] No.44394419[source]▶
As TFA says, Ukraine has a much smaller capacity of producing the required optical fiber, which is the main reason why they are using fewer such drones.
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5. paganel ◴[27 Jun 25 08:01 UTC] No.44394757{3}[source]▶
> the required optical fiber

So then why isn't the West providing them with optical fiber?