Russia is adding fiber-optic cables to its cheap 'Molniya' strike drones, making them unjammable

Russia is adding fiber-optic cables to its cheap 'Molniya' strike drones, making them unjammable

A Russian Molniya drone.Skif Group via Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/ScreengrabRussia has started using fiber-optic cables to fly its cheap fixed-wing "Molniya" strike drones.Fiber-optic cables have been used primarily for smaller drones, such as FPV-style quadcopters.The cables preserve a stable connection even against electronic warfare interference.Russia is using fiber-optic cables to control some of its larger, fixed-wing strike drones, ma…