Fibre optic cable-controlled drones used by the Russian military against the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kursk region cannot be detected using conventional radio direction finding methods, Forbes magazine said.
According to the magazine, the drones of this model receive signals from the operator through a special fibre optic cable, unwinding during movement. This makes them resistant to interference and signal jamming devices, unlike conventional FPV drones, Forbes noted.
‘Due to the lack of radio signals, fibre optic drones and their operators cannot be tracked and located using conventional radio direction finding methods. They are certainly resistant to radio-electronic interference and spoofing,’ the piece points out.
The publication emphasises that the AFU is also developing this technology. The Ukrainian army captured such a Russian UAV back in March, and, apparently, at that time it was the only copy, summarised Forbes.
Earlier, Russian developers of the Gastello Design Bureau presented the ‘younger sister of Geranium’ – the Gerbera multi-purpose UAV.
