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Downed Russian suicide drone on display at an outdoor sports store in Kyiv, IIRC a Molniya-2 model.

Notable how cheaply made they are. Just balsa wood, vacuum molded plastic, tape, and hobby-grade servos and other electronics. Still, these kill people.

Globe99 9mo ago

I found this recent article really illuminating... They actually run miles-long fiber-optic cables behind these things to prevent jamming and get the "latency edge."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones-deaths.html

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Peter Todd 9mo ago

Yup. Fiber drones are a relatively new thing. But Russia and Ukraine are both using them extensively already.

Frontline areas are getting covered in fiber... Gonna be a huge mess to clean up when Russia is finally defeated.