A Ukrainian military unit destroyed a Russian tank using a fiber-optic FPV drone.  Pilots of the 414th separate

regiment of strike unmanned aerial systems, "Birds of the Madiar," have begun using FPV drones controlled using fiber

optics. This was reported by the regiment commander, Robert Bravi Magar. It is reported that this drone is an original

development of the "Climate Team 414" engineering service of the Hungarian Birds Aviation Research Center. The published video shows two fiber

optically controlled FPVs destroying a Russian tank that is firing from a closed firing position. It is noted that

a classic FPV drone would not be able to hit this tank, as it was reliably covered by electronic warfare (EW)

means. It is noted that this development has already been submitted for codification to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This is the main advantage of

controlling drones using fiber optics: wired communication makes drones insensitive to interference. It also eliminates the problem of radio horizon

when a drone loses the signal from the remote control at a long distance due to being beyond the horizon. However, such drones also have a

number of disadvantages. The main one is that the massive coil with a 10 km cable adds an additional 2 to 2.5 kg of weight.

This requires the use of larger, more expensive drones. The coil itself and the modified control system also add

Ukrainian Magyar Unit Destroyed a Russian tank using a fiber-optic FPV drone.

Ukrainian Magyar Unit Destroyed a Russian tank using a fiber-optic FPV drone.