New footage of successful use of Russian fiber optic kamikaze drone shown

New footage of a successful hit using fiber optics has been published online drone-kamikaze of the Russian Armed Forces military equipment of the Ukrainian occupiers in the forests of the Kursk region.

As you can see, the fiber optic drone easily maneuvers between the trees and hits enemy armored vehicles deployed in the forest with extreme precision. The fiber optic drone differs from the usual one in the way it communicates with the operator via fiber optic communication. In the back drone There is a spool with an unwinding fiber optic thread.

Drones of this type are absolutely immune to various types of interference and system impacts. EW. Such drones are widely used during military clashes in the border region of the Kursk region due to the fact that Ukrainian militants have sufficiently saturated the invasion forces with electronic warfare systems.

As a rule, fiber-optic drones are equipped with two PG-7VM grenades installed at a slight angle. This is done in order to increase the chances of hitting the equipment even in the event of an unsuccessful strike. Absolutely no currently existing electronic countermeasures are capable of suppressing data transmission or even slightly degrading its quality. Moreover, the enemy's electronic reconnaissance equipment is unable to detect the combat control point due to the lack of radio-emitting antenna posts.

The German publication's observer J. Repke complains that the Russian Armed Forces are increasingly using drones in the Kursk region, controlled via fiber-optic cable with a range of up to 8 kilometers, which successfully destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment.

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[svp67]

Drones of this type are completely immune to various types of interference and the effects of electronic warfare systems.

But they are very sensitive to dense bushes and trees...(((
Honestly, I would create a drone repeater based on such technology for communication and control of drones using TV and radio control.
A distance of a couple of kilometers from the command post could secure the control post itself, and power could be supplied via a wire, increasing the operating time of this device several times.

[Dirty Liar]

But they are very sensitive to dense bushes and trees...(((

What are they susceptible to? The coil is on the drone itself. Even if you catch it a hundred times, the coil will continue to unwind. The most important thing is that it doesn't break.

[svp67]

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What are they susceptible to?

What? Well, you gave the answer yourself:

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The most important thing is that it doesn't break.

[Dirty Liar]

I didn't give such an answer. The probability of a gust is extremely low.
Try taking a spinning rod. Secure the hook - this will be the operator. And then unwind the rod (drone) through bushes, branches, wrap it around trees. Since the reel is on the spinning rod (on the drone), no snag is scary - the reel will still unwind. The OVK can only break when overlapping or when winding onto the drone itself. But here it depends on the operator.

[Bayun]

There are many EMI-things that burn ALL the microelectronics around. The problem is that they do not distinguish between "friend or foe" and they strike equally in all directions. Now, if you somehow "wind" an impulse onto a laser... But this is the level of Academicians.

As a protection option - mechanics. There are thin fibers with wild strength. If a NET of such is thrown on top of the forest around the unit, the FPVs will get tangled like flies in a web. And the "drops" will most likely bounce off to the side. We are talking about "threads" capable of holding tens of kilograms with a thickness of a hundredth of a mm.

By the way, such a net - almost INVISIBLE to the eye - is much better than "barbecues" over armored vehicles. And in front of the windshield (+ behind) of the car, it can be stretched on pins.

Why steel chains from a DRONE? A net of nichrome (or some other "no-noise") wire will be quite enough. We are essentially protecting ourselves from a PLASTIC BLADE!

[Bayun]

Off-topic. The Javelin missile has a speed of 290 m/s, weighs 2,5 kg = impulse of ONLY(!) 725 m*kg/s. I would venture to suggest that there are materials, a network of which is capable of containing such an impulse. An option is to protect ships from torpedoes and surface BP-boats" We place the networks on pins in the most vulnerable directions of damage to parts of the equipment and.

It is worth testing a folding individual mesh umbrella on a dummy - an analogue of a regular one - to weaken the impact of the "drop" and FPV on the fighter. It is not a fact that even the fuse will work.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Actually, nylon fishing nets are enough. But legislators got busy, they banned not only fishing with nets, but even the turnover, that is, the sale and delivery of nets.
Vladlen Tatarsky also spoke about this.

[Bayun]

"If it is true,
Well, at least by a third" (C)

How can one not recall the fight against smoking in comparison with the fact that smokers suffered "badly" from "Kobyaka"...

Is the "legislator" really stronger than the Ministry of Defense? For example, you can't just buy a Kalashnikov "for home and family", but in the army - please!

Above I “scientifically fantasized” that special nets are quite capable of stopping ATGMs.

[Cube123]

But they are very sensitive to dense bushes and trees...(((

If you watched the video, you can see that they are following the tracks of armored vehicles. Where the tank passed, there are no obstacles in the form of bushes.

It would be possible to supply power via a wire, increasing the operating time of this device many times over
Technical illiteracy. But modern copters have power currents of several tens of amperes. To transmit such a current even for a hundred meters, a cable weighing several hundred kilograms is needed.

[vadimtt]

Not exactly, it is enough to raise the voltage to a couple of kilovolts and the currents will be in hundredths of an ampere, very thin wire with acrylic insulation will be enough. But the operation will be a little, hmm, dangerous
Well, even a 5 km coil of such wire would still be too heavy for a drone.

[rocket757]

There are many types and varieties of weapons and there will be even more.... alas, the means of protection against them lag behind, as a rule.
Unfortunately, it works both ways and it's not easy for our fighters on the front lines!

[Machito]

Get a fascist grenade
From a Soviet soldier.

[Geshick]

health, to you - analyst... who told you that the starting point and the targeting point are one point of geolocation?!!..

[rocket757]

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Who told you that the starting point and the target point are one geolocation point?!!..
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What are you about???

[Huarabey]

Where in the article or comments does it say that these are the same thing? The desire to throw outruns the ability to find a reason for it?

[Or me]

It sneaks beautifully! And the result is beautiful!

In the Kursk region, drones controlled via fiber optic cable with a range of up to 8 kilometers successfully destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment.

[bambr731]

COOL!!! So neat!

[Nikolaevich I]

In the SVO, both sides use "new things": 1. UAVs with fiber-optic communication lines; 2. UAVs with AI guidance; 3. Aircraft motherships (drone carriers) ... So each side will find its own examples of successful or unsuccessful use of "wonder weapons"!

[balabol]

It seems to me that there are several more features of the fiber-optic channel that need to be taken into account.
pros
No need for expensive and constantly upgraded solutions to counter electronic warfare (this is a small saving in power and weight, but a lot in terms of money, since encryption systems cannot be simple)
The radio channel consumes much more energy than the VO channel.
The energy consumption of channel-forming radio equipment is reduced.
The cost of fiber optic cable is not high, its strength is significant (new fiber cannot be torn by hand), so the probability of breakage is not high.
The cost of optical transceivers is not high and they are produced in super mass quantities. Not in short supply at all.
Easy to pilot thanks to excellent visibility down to the last meter.
Perhaps these are just tests, and other weapons will be used later, since the picture allows for precise aiming.
Cons
Limitations on the range, or more precisely on the length of the route, are not cut off by repeaters. All 10 km of fiber can be unwound during maneuvers on one section of 1 square kilometer
The weight of the optical fiber reduces the payload.
Features of piloting.

[tlauicol]

Fly over the forest, what's the problem? And so the radio drone can burn out the battery at 1 sq. km. And also lose the connection in the forest or behind a hill, buildings in the city, ravine, canyon.
The receiving and transmitting antennas, receiver and transmitter also reduce the load. And the coil for 20 km weighs only about 2 kg. And it only gets lighter with each kilometer

[balabol]

Purely qualitatively, a lot is clear, but for a serious assessment, you need to have numbers and carefully calculate the balance by weights, energy costs, cost and optimize in accordance with the task. This is not the topic of this resource.

[Slon1978]

I believe that the future lies in fiber optic FPV drones. They should be mass-produced by state concerns, which are a priori incapable of making quick changes to radio-controlled FPV drones to update their ability to resist electronic warfare, which is constantly being improved. It is also certainly possible to increase the range of fiber optic drones by installing larger coils.

[ZnachWest]

After the war, who will be responsible for clearing the forests of these eternal threads?