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

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182 points _tk_ | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | 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. CapricornNoble ◴[26 Jun 25 15:07 UTC] No.44388159[source]▶
There's a really good interview with a Russian drone manufacturer where he talks about how you need to use both.

The fiber-optic drones have small warheads/payloads. They are used to hunt the enemy's EW transmitters. Once the jammers have been suppressed, then the radio-controlled drones with bigger payloads go to work and do the bulk of the damage.