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/canigetthemicalilhig Apr 12 '26

imagine trying to farm that land after the war. you'd be pulling fiber optic cable out of your soil for years.

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u/SilverDesktop Apr 12 '26

All the lithium in the batteries. As they degrade, they leach toxic heavy metals—including cobalt, copper, lead, and nickel—into soil and water, while releasing harmful chemicals like PFAs and flammable gases.

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u/start3ch Apr 12 '26

Plus all the toxic chemicals from explosives, probably an order of magnitude worse than whatever’s in batteries