{"id":42268,"date":"2025-09-20T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=42268"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:14:08","slug":"fiber-optic-fpv-drones-in-the-russia-war-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=42268","title":{"rendered":"fiber optic fpv drones in the russia war on ukraine&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>was chatting with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?tag=paul\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\">paul<\/a> about fiber<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d60fd207bd9\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"\"    ><\/span><div id=\"target-id69d60fd207bd9\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/gemini\/share\/36371dfc5c35\" target=\"_blank\">fiber o<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/gemini\/share\/36371dfc5c35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">r<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/gemini\/share\/36371dfc5c35\" target=\"_blank\"> fibre<\/a>?<\/div> optic drones used by both sides of the russian war on ukraine.  collected some of what i&#8217;ve seen on the &#8216;net.  wondering about where one would purchase such stuff; not just huge spools, but already packaged for use on a drone.  i think we both said &#8220;china!&#8221;.  so i looked up &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alibaba.com\/trade\/search?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.the-new-header_fy23_pc_search_bar.searchButton&amp;tab=all&amp;SearchText=optical+fiber+spool+fpv+drone&amp;has4Tab=true&amp;from=pcHomeContent\" target=\"_blank\">optical fiber spool fpv drone<\/a>&#8221; at alibaba.com and got exactly what i wanted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42269\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42269\" class=\"wp-image-42269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-1536x1079.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-1226x861.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10-675x474.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-54-10.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42270\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42270\" class=\"wp-image-42270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-1226x841.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55-675x463.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alibaba-fiber-optic-spool-for-drone-2025-20-09_15-52-55.jpg 1751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>here&#8217;s some related finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-fiber-optic-cables-2918.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-fiber-optic-cables-2918.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42278\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-fiber-optic-cables-2918.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42278\" class=\"wp-image-42278\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-s-70-drone-shoot-down.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-s-70-drone-shoot-down.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42272\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42272\" class=\"wp-image-42272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-s-70-drone-shoot-down.jpg 645w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-russia-s-70-drone-shoot-down-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-962x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-962x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42273\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42273\" class=\"wp-image-42273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-962x1024.jpg 962w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator-675x718.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-drone-operator.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-1024x796.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42274\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42274\" class=\"wp-image-42274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15-675x525.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ukraine-suburban-moms-join-defense-unit-against-russian-drones-to-help-manage-gr-2025-01-11-15-44-15.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-1024x628.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42275\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42275\" class=\"wp-image-42275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-1226x752.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-675x414.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-1024x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42276\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=42276\" class=\"wp-image-42276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-1226x1226.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2-675x675.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/russia-su27-peeing-on-mq9-drone-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>was chatting with paul about fiber optic drones used by both sides&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1233,140,402,474,56],"class_list":["post-42268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-drones","tag-paul","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42280,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268\/revisions\/42280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}