Thread by @TrentTelenko

Ukraine has fielded a new counter to Russian radio jamming proof fiber optic guided (FOG) drones.

After a Russian FOG FPV drone impacts, the Ukrainians are attaching a device to light up the fiber optic thread
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https://twitter.com/dim0kq/status/1908505705524715723

...to provide a lighted 'bread crumb' trail to the Russian drone operators.

Ukrainian drones then back track the lit-up thread to kill the operators.

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The kicker is that, compared to the old US FOG-M missile technology of the 1980's and 1990's, Russian 2025 era FOG-drone launchers are immobile.

This is because the Ukrainian "Truck denial zone" with radio link FPV drones is now 10 km and growing.
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Ukrainian FPV's are currently in the process of reaching 40 km with a new generation of FPV drone bodies, some of which have radio frequency sensors capable of homing on Russian jammers of drone video links and GPS sensors.
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Previously, If the Russian FOG-FPV drone operators shoot and scoot, they died.

Now if they stay in place, Russian FOG-FPV drone operators die too.

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This is an unsolved dilemma facing Russian drone operators whose experience is now falling further behind the Ukrainians due to their higher attrition.

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This dilemma of losing skilled operators faster than experience grows is the same issue German and Japanese fighter pilots in WW2 faced versus the Anglo-American air forces.

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Lanchester Square law collapse is coming for Russia's new military drone branch just like it came for the Luftwaffe and Imperial Japanese naval air force.

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