{"id":33578,"date":"2025-09-29T06:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/russians-say-they-found-unjammable-fiber-optic-drones-in-ukraines-uncrewed-sea-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:31:15","slug":"russians-say-they-found-unjammable-fiber-optic-drones-in-ukraines-uncrewed-sea-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/russians-say-they-found-unjammable-fiber-optic-drones-in-ukraines-uncrewed-sea-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians say they found unjammable fiber-optic drones in Ukraine&#8217;s uncrewed sea vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68da0a405dbc4fd10da9bba0?format=jpeg\" alt=\"An FPV drone equipped with fiber-optic long-distance data transmission is seen during training by Polish soldiers.\"\/><figcaption>Russian reports say that fiber-optic drones have been found on board a Ukrainian naval drone that acted as a carrier.<\/p>\n<p>Artur Widak\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A Ukrainian drone boat was found acting as a carrier for fiber-optic drones, Russian reports say.<\/li>\n<li>It&#039;s the first time these unjammable quadcopters have been reported in Ukraine&#039;s naval warfare.<\/li>\n<li>Both sides are experimenting with new ways to bring such strike drones closer to their targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ukrainian first-person-view drones that use fiber optic cables to circumvent jamming have been found at sea, according to Russian reports of an attack in the Krasnodar region.<\/p>\n<p>The drones were seen in images and a video published this weekend by Russian news channels and military bloggers, which said the uncrewed platforms were obtained after Kyiv attacked the port cities of Tuapse and Novorossiysk on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Krasnodar officials said Ukrainian naval drones were involved in the raid, which Ukraine said targeted oil infrastructure on the Black Sea coast. At least two people from a major oil firm&#039;s office were reported injured.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the aftermath appears to show a disabled uncrewed surface vehicle \u2014 essentially a sea drone \u2014 moored near the shore. It&#039;s unclear what happened to the drone, but several boxes with hinged lids can be seen attached to its hull.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has used remotely operated roofs or lids to unleash drones before, particularly when it deployed dozens of FPV platforms from trucks deep inside Russia during June&#039;s Operation Spiderweb.<\/p>\n<p>A separate photo of one box&#039;s interior shows a first-person-view, or FPV, quadcopter drone within. Other images showed quadcopters with attached canisters designed to hold fiber optic spools.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage, though the platforms they depict align with designs for Ukraine&#039;s sea drones and fiber-optic drones.<\/p>\n<p>The footage represents the first publicly known instance in which Ukraine has deployed fiber-optic drones at sea, in a continued sign of how the drone war is evolving low-cost tactics for both ground and naval combat.<\/p>\n<h2>Motherships of fiber-optic drones<\/h2>\n<p>The concept of deploying quadcopters by sea isn&#039;t new. Kyiv&#039;s forces were previously reported to have used naval drones as carriers for standard FPV drones as early as December.<\/p>\n<p>Fiber-optic drones, however, are a special type of uncrewed platform mounted with a spool of extremely fine cables that can stretch for miles. The cables allow the drone to stay connected with a pilot or signal source despite the presence of electronic warfare, which jams radio frequencies that FPV drones typically rely on.<\/p>\n<p>While more difficult to manufacture and deploy, fiber-optic drones grew popular after late 2024, as both Ukraine and Russia sought ways to bypass jamming devices that had flooded the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have been experimenting with mobile carriers or &quot;motherships&quot; for fiber-optic drones because the cables can inhibit the platform&#039;s range or capabilities. The further a drone is designed to fly, the longer its cable must be, adding to its weight. The extra load might cause the platform to fly slower, require a larger frame, or carry a smaller explosive payload.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian and Russian engineers have thus tried alleviating those problems by inventing uncrewed ground vehicles that can be controlled via radio signal to approach a jammed area and then release fiber-optic drones.<\/p>\n<p>Since fiber-optic drones are rarer, drone pilots generally reserve them for high-value targets or to attack jammers to free up airspace for standard FPV drones to follow up.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian reports also coincide with Ukraine continuing to develop new sea-based drones instead of a conventional fleet. Kyiv has, over the last three years, heavily deployed uncrewed surface vessels designed to ram into enemy warships with explosives attached to their hulls.<\/p>\n<p>The tactic is gaining traction elsewhere in the world, with NATO, the US, and Taiwan among the parties developing and testing their own small, cheap sea drones.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also been bringing fiber-optic drones to its naval operations. Earlier this month, Russian state media reported that the Black Sea Fleet was testing naval drones guided by heavy fiber-optic cables designed to sink as their reel unwinds.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian reports say that fiber-optic drones have been found on board a Ukrainian naval drone that acted as a carrier. Artur Widak\/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Ukrainian drone boat was found acting as a carrier for fiber-optic drones, Russian reports say. It&#039;s the first time these unjammable quadcopters have been reported in Ukraine&#039;s naval warfare. 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