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More than 1,000 KIA everyday, a brutal month for Russian soldiers.
Political impacts of Ukraine war
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A fibre optic drone solution in days?
Dovetails with that rapid RFP from the Brits calling for solutions by Apr 21.
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Another leaked call from Orban himself.
Hungarians need to show him the door, to a prison cell.
www.theguardian.com
Hungarians need to show him the door, to a prison cell.
Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call
Transcript reportedly details Hungarian leader offering whatever assistance he can to his Russian counterpart
www.theguardian.com
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A whole crapload of research and trials to figure out how to recover most of that fibreoptic cable in a area full of mine/UEO and what is the effect on the environment and how fast will it break down.
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Tomorrow's problem?
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Tomorrow may be to late to protect those field for potentiel future agricultural use. I am thinking aerial drones with grapples to recover/collect the fibre optic to a safe point, where it can be reeled in onto a collection drum. As the battlefield shifts, clearing teams will be needed.
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It might depend on how fragile those lines are. Ideally you want to reel them up so that you capture the beginning, end and everything in between.
Dropping grapples on to them and yanking may just chop them into a lot of smaller segments that will be harder to separate from the soil.
At lest mines can be seen or physically screened.
Problem is they’re all latticed over each other potentially hundreds deep.
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Not much point worrying about battlefield cleanup unless you are prepared to do what you must to first win the battles.
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Ah, Hungary - the Magyar/central European Türkiye of NATO ....Another leaked call from Orban himself.
Hungarians need to show him the door, to a prison cell.
Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call
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Just spitballing here...
An OTDR Fibre tester can accurately determine the length of a fibre optic cable by injecting light into one end. Lets say you go to one of these areas that is littered with Fibre Optic Cables and cut the cables and inject light to determine the length of each cable. If you can accurately identify your location using GPS then enter into an AI mapping system to calculate the length of each of the fibres you could then plot the possible radius of each plot. Where a number of these plots intercept you could identify a likely origin point where they are launched from so you know where to focus your counter-drone ISR assets. Once the launch point is confirmed you can target with artillery to take out the enemy drone teams.
This would require having some type of identifier on your own side's fibre optic cables so that you are only testing the enemy's cables.
An OTDR Fibre tester can accurately determine the length of a fibre optic cable by injecting light into one end. Lets say you go to one of these areas that is littered with Fibre Optic Cables and cut the cables and inject light to determine the length of each cable. If you can accurately identify your location using GPS then enter into an AI mapping system to calculate the length of each of the fibres you could then plot the possible radius of each plot. Where a number of these plots intercept you could identify a likely origin point where they are launched from so you know where to focus your counter-drone ISR assets. Once the launch point is confirmed you can target with artillery to take out the enemy drone teams.
This would require having some type of identifier on your own side's fibre optic cables so that you are only testing the enemy's cables.
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I made a post about 2 known counters to fiber optic drones in the GBAD thread, felt it was a more appropriate place.
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Understood.
I'm just saying that, as with many things, it might be worthwhile approaching the problem with care.
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I think now would be a good time to put some civilian experts onto the issue of how long does it last in exposed conditions and what might be the best way to retrieve it. Apparently the price of fiberoptic cable is skyrocketing...
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And China is cleaning up....
After an extended period of subdued pricing in several regions, optical fibre prices are rising sharply alongside sustained demand growth. Chinese G.562.D bare fibre prices surged by more than 80% between November 2025 and January 2026, pushing China prices above Europe and India. This is unprecedented development in the recent years and the first time in over seven years that Chinese prices exceeded European levels. This shift signals a change in the underlying balance between supply and consumption, with tightening upstream constraints meeting continued infrastructure investment.
Optical fibre prices rise as preform availability tightens - CRU Group
Optical fibre prices are rising alongside sustained demand growth. Visit CRUGroup.com to uncover the impact across multiple regions.
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