Video Documents Fiber-Optic "FPV" Multirotor Drone Employment In Dense Vegetation
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Anyone interested in the implications of armed “first-person video” (“FPV”) multirotor drones of the fiber-optic communication uplink/downlink variety must confront the fact that there are many plausible use cases that have little, if any, documented real-world cases. This notably includes the employment of such armed “FPV” multirotors to undertake attacks inside buildings, a dynamic for which there remain surprisingly few (publicly known) documented real-world cases. I discussed one such case in a recent post:
Russian "FPV" Multirotor Drone Strikes Against Kherson Thermal Power Plant Highlight Scope For The Surgical Targeting of Fixed Infrastructure Sites
Viewing so-called “First Person Video” (“FPV”) drone footage from the Russia-Ukraine War is often a quite sordid affair. There are, however, several “genres” of “FPV” drone footage that are not only more palatable to non-sadistic audiences by virtue of not (directly) injuring or killing any human beings but by offering a window into the new options—and …
Another area for which there are relatively few documented cases concerns the employment of armed “FPV” multirotor drones of the fiber-optic communication uplink/downlink variety in heavily vegetated areas. The following video, especially the footage from 00:15-00:25, demonstrates what is in the realm of possibility. The following video, which documents the work of a Russian multirotor drone unit, also offers an excellent example of the maneuverability and endurance of such “FPV” multirotor drones.
As I discussed in a separate recent Not Safe For Work (NSFW) post that features combat footage, militaries have long sought refuge in foliage. Two of Ukraine’s largest cities, Kharkiv and Sumy, both of which are located close to the Russia-Ukraine (international) border, are partially surrounded by moderately sized but high-density tracts of woodland that served a key role in the defence of these cities in early 2022. Much the same can be said of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. With the advent of armed “FPV” multirotor drones of the fiber-optic communication uplink/downlink variety, high-density foliage no longer affords the protection it once did. In fact, high-density foliage is now a liability for military officers tasked with planning the defence of a large urban area, given that it affords the enemy something of a highway through which such armed “FPV” multirotor drones can transit while remaining concealed from high frequency radars that could otherwise detect such drones.
⚠️Combat Footage Highlights Diminishing Protection Offered By Foliage Amid Mounting Fiber-Optic "FPV" Multirotor Drone Threat
⚠️***This NSFW features combat footage. While the attached video does not feature gore, reading/viewing discretion is advised.***