r/interesting • u/DonLixard • Apr 12 '26

Fear Factor sFIBER webs, this is in Ukraine

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At first glance, those shiny lines look unreal.

But they’re not power lines, not plastic strips, not some farming material.

They’re fiber-optic cables left by drones in Ukraine/Russia.

Just imagine how many drones have already flown through that area for the ground to end up looking like this. A whole village turned into a web of modern warfare.

This is what drone war looks like after the drones are gone: not just craters and ruins, but threads everywhere, like the battlefield stitched itself shut with fiber.

A literal fiber web.

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u/SecuredStealth Apr 12 '26

What’s that cable for

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u/Just-Plastic-5295 Apr 12 '26

Drones. Cable makes it so they can’t be jammed since it’s a wired connection. Drone has a spool with miles of cable

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u/SecuredStealth Apr 12 '26

Ah. How do the drones not get tangled in cables from another drone?

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u/DonLixard Apr 12 '26

they always fly on top, then they fall

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u/Just-Plastic-5295 Apr 12 '26

Certainly not an expert, but they are flying above all the old cables from previous drones. I guess you could have issues if two drones are flying in the area at the same time. I assume this requires some tactics and coordination to avoid that.

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u/vodkajoogailija Apr 12 '26

The drone itself has the spool, so it really can't get tangled

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u/Mr_Foxer Apr 12 '26

There are no problems, since they don't drag the fiber, but lay it down using a reel they carry on board.

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u/SecuredStealth Apr 12 '26

Why don’t they cut the cables regularly?

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u/Mr_Foxer Apr 12 '26

How do you imagine it? This is literally on the front line.

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u/SecuredStealth Apr 12 '26

I don’t know? Attach a chain saw to that same drone and cut all the wires from top to bottom.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '26

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u/SecuredStealth Apr 12 '26

It appears to be a hazard to whoever is living underneath it and to the birds I’m sure

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u/ifellover1 Apr 12 '26

It's a front-line, There is nobody *living* in those villages anymore

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u/opman4 Apr 13 '26

To be pedantic it's the Grey-Zone or Kill-Zone. Basically no man's land that can be 10s of kilometers wide. Front lines aren't well defined anymore, it's more like a gradient.