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The city of Lyman is now covered with thousands of kilometers of fiber optic cable from FPV drones.
(files.catbox.moe)
💔Heavy footage that vividly demonstrates how war is changing. Now the intensity of combat actions can be determined not so much by destroyed buildings, but by the amount of optical fibre.
Pilots of the reconnaissance company of the 63rd Brigade showed what Lyman looks like now. The city is holding on, but is gradually being covered by this "cobweb". Every day hundreds of enemy and our "birds" fly here – and each one leaves its mark🥺
🛡63rd SMBr | STEEL LIONS
Plastic is preferred for dronesbecause it doesn't break.
Glass is used for long runs. As glass fiber degrades you get thousands of fragments so it's the equivalent of fiberglass. The long term effect of fiberglass exposure is pulmonary fibrosis.
https://bou.org.uk/blog-moreland-fibreoptic-drones/#%3A%7E%3Atext=A+fine+mess%2Cmake+them+difficult+to+recycle.
Only if the glass gets into your lungs, though. If it's mixed with the soil it's just sand.
Wasn't aware they used plastic fibers. I guess that would make it lighter, too.
Fiberglass in soil is a hazard to all small animals.
https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2024/07/02/fibreglass-particles-found-in-oysters-and-mussels/
Imagine walking barefoot over thousands of tiny syringes. Or eating a seed covered in broken glass that you are unable to wash off because you are a mouse.
Yes in the very long term it will break down. But that's probably geologic timeframes because once the fiberglass gets under the topsoil it won't degrade further unless the soil is disturbed.
If it's under the topsoil then it's not going to be eaten by mice or oysters.
I really think this is one of those problems where people are looking for problems to make a big deal out of, like the massive panic about plastic straws a while back. Especially in this case where it turns out the fibers are plastic to begin with.