Video Documents Use Of Fiber-Optic "FPV" Multirotor Drone To Attack Waterborne Target
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A new video from the Russia-Ukraine War shows what appears to be a Russian armed “first person video” (“FPV”) multirotor drone of the fiber optic uplink/downlink variety being used to attack a raft that Ukrainian forces were using to resupply forces on the Kleban-Buk reservoir, which is located in the Ukrainian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk province.
This video is only notable in that it amounts to one of a very small number of documented cases in which armed “FPV” multirotor drones of the fiber optic uplink/downlink variety are used over water. There are practical challenges to using this particular type of armed “FPV” multirotor drones over water bodies, but the challenges are greatly reduced when operating over a fairly small body of water—the video indicates that the targeted raft was only several tens of meters offshore—and water bodies that are not characterized by a considerable flow or a lot of surface movement more generally. I covered the practical challenges of employing armed “FPV” multirotor drones of the fiber optic uplink/downlink variety to attack targets separated by water in a recent post:
Apparent Russian Use Of Fiber-Optic "FPV" Multirotor Drones Over The Dnieper River Highlights Versatility Of Configuration To Overcome Water Obstacles
A recent post on the Telegram account of the well-known Ukrainian technical expert and commentator Serhii Beskrestnov—better known by Serhii “Flash”—has drawn attention to Russia’s employment of armed “First Person Video” (“FPV”) multirotor drones of the fiber optic (FO)—as opposed to the radio frequency (RF)—uplink/downlink variety to attack terrestria…