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Fiber optic drone control beats any RF jammer (www.forbes.com)
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[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Also, won’t these cables point directly back to the ground troops?

Not necessarily. The drone can be deployed on a different vector and change course toward the target so that its fiber line would point elsewhere. The operator can also pull the fiber back in after the drone is destroyed or the line is cut.