So whilst the drones are super-effictive (for now) they pose several serious problems - 1. Fibres can get tangled, maybe even affecting vehicles or other machinery, cars, whatever and 2. If you can view these from the air, you can use an fpv drone to trace them back to the operator (meaning they'll need to change position more frequently and probablyclean up before returning to old positions). 3. That's gonna be a heck of a cleanup operation.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A war always is a "heck of a cleanup". These cables are by far not the worst part of it.

[–] l_isqof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Us stupid humans will always find a way to kill each other.

The only question is what survives from the planet, not from our species...

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 7 points 2 days ago

None of your points are even remotely close to an actual problem, let alone a serious one lol

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago

Given how thin those are, and how many there are it might be a waste of time to try to follow them.

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

They usually carry the spool on the drone so they don’t really get tangled because the feed end is at the source of the movement. It can always let out more slack to continue forward.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

A drill and reel could wind up the fiber if the drone has exploded and the cable is loose. If the cable is still attached to the drone, it could send a signal to a device at the end to cut/blow up the fiber attached at the drone's end.

Guessing it's impractical as they're not doing it.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that works as long as the cable is on perfectly flat surface and not tangled up in any way at all.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah multiply the weight of 1/2 mile of fiber by 20 to 50 tangled strands and try to drag it.

[–] Schneemann@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not even just 1/2 mile. I read an article recently that 15km spools are already in use and 20km spools are actively being tested.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the tensile strength anywhere close enough to reel it back? I assumed the spool is carried by the drone, not dragged from the source.

It’s a really interesting/terrifying technology. But it’s gonna a be a mess to clean it up.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

Tensile strenghth is definitely enough. Ive used fiber to tow vehicles before in a pinch. A single strand takes a surprisingly higher amount of force to break than one would expect. Good luck pulling a window pane in two..