War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber Optic Cable
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War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber Optic Cable
Fiber-optic cable has become a staple of drone war. From Ukraine to the Sahel, combatants are fielding quadcopters piloted via kilometer-long lengths of cable that allows operators to control them across vast distances while insulating the drone from being knocked from the sky. This technique was once a cheap way for militaries to beat their opponents' electronic warfare, but demand for cable from data centers and war is raising the cost of ever…
The last six months have seen dramatic increases in fiber-optic cable prices—up to 600 percent. As a result, Russia's use of fiber-optic-controlled drones, which it pioneered and deployed on a much larger scale than the Ukrainians, has declined significantly. The AI boom has unexpectedly provided a helping hand to the Ukrainian military.
The price of fiber optic cable has increased 3-5 times. This is evident in the use of drones that have revolutionized the Ukrainian battlefield.
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