Ukrainian drones hit Russian explosives, fiber optic factories
Ukrainian deep-strike drones hit Russian fiber-optic and explosives factories on the night of April 4. The strikes targeted factories in Samara and Mordovia oblasts.
Russia's sole optical fiber production plant, “Optical Fiber Systems” in Saransk city, has been out of operation since May 2025 due to a series of Ukrainian drone attacks, The Moscow Times wrote on February 26. They manufacture fiber optic cables that...
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Ukrainian deep-strike drones hit Russian fiber-optic and explosives factories on the night of April 4. The strikes targeted factories in Samara and Mordovia oblasts.
💥The only Russian fibre optic factory in Saransk has still not resumed operations after being hit by Ukrainian UAVs in April and May 2025.
Fiber-optic drones are highly dangerous, as they can''t be jammed with traditional electronic warfare and are difficult to detect.
Drones severely damaged the PJSC Optical Fiber Systems plant in Saransk (Russia) on the night of May 7. The possibility of shutting down the facility is currently being considered.
Russia''s only fiber optic plant has still not resumed operations after Ukrainian drone strikes in April–May 2025. According to The Moscow Times, the facility, Optic Fiber Systems, is
Ukrainian drones targeted military-linked facilities in Russia, damaging the country''s only fiber optic cable producer for drones and a major explosives plant
Before the shutdown, the facility produced about 4 million kilometers (2.5 million miles) of optical fiber annually, supplying roughly 20 Russian cable manufacturers that used the material to...
According to the channel, this enterprise is the first and only optical fiber manufacturing plant in Russia, located in Saransk (Mordovia). Russian channels note that the enterprise
Russia''s fiber-optic drones dodge jamming, but Ukraine hunts them with infrared and sound A thin glass thread trailing behind new Russian drones has neutralized billions in electronic
Ukrainian drones struck the Optic Fiber Systems plant in Saransk, Mordovia Republic, Russian independent outlet Astra reported on May 7. Two fires broke out in Saransk following the
Drones conducted overnight attacks on industrial facilities in two Russian oblast on the night of 5 April. The targets reportedly included an explosives manufacturing facility in Samara Oblast
The russian army has increasingly employed drones operated via optical fiber on the battlefield in Ukraine. Local Telegram channels shared footage of the aftermath, and the head of the
Fiber-optic drones essentially rendered those jammers useless. Ukrainian and Russian EW units also sometimes interfered with their own side''s
Antenna array is completely non-volatile, i.e., its power as a powerful transmitting paths and receiving paths is carried out only via an optical fiber (optical cable), on the antenna lattice any electronic or
Beltelecabel has launched a new plant for the production of fiber optic and communication cables in Voskresensk near Moscow. This became known on April 21, 2025. The
The Russian army began to make extensive use of fiber-optic drones. At the moment, before our eyes, the American "deep state" is implementing a general plan to destabilize the situation
“Drones with optical fiber are one of the enemy''s advantages at the frontline. The factory fully supplies Russian troops with optical fiber. Right now,
Plans are in place to create a full production cycle for all grades of optical fiber by 2030, according to the Russian government''s communications industry strategy covering the period up to...
The plant, which produced approximately 4 million kilometers of optical fiber annually, has not resumed operations. As a result, Russian
Long wireOn increasing the range of fiber-optic FPV applicationsA few days ago, news appeared about a new development in the interests of the Russian Armed Forces — repeater drones
A Russian flag flies above a barricades in an unknown location. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Ukrainian deep-strike drones hit Russian fiber-optic and explosives factories on the night of
On the night of April 5, drones attacked a factory in Saransk. The plant produces fiber optic cables for drones and is the only one of its kind in Russia.
The target was the Optic Fiber Systems factory, which produces—you guessed it—fiber-optic cables: the critical component in Russia''s best unjammable first-person-view drones.
This work enables multi-target, ultra-fast optical wireless communication with a chip-scale device. The system delivers 320 Gbps speeds and robust video transmission, providing a solid
The plant that was likely attacked by drones manufactured optical fiber for drones. The Exilenova+ Telegram channel reported that, preliminarily, the drones attacked the Optic Fiber
Russia is extending the range of its fiber-optic drones by using repeater drones, which act as intermediate station between the operator and the strike drones.
Optical phased arrays have been actively developed in recent years as a technology that can control the wavefront of light without any mechanical devices like phased array radar. Conventional optical
A key Russian military-industrial facility, the Optikovolokonnye Sistemy plant, was targeted in a recent attack. The plant plays a crucial role in the Russian military, producing fiber-optic cables