BLUF

Drone technologies face increasing vulnerabilities to jamming and hijacking, prompting new methods of autonomous conflict. Fibre-optic drones are tethered directly to the pilot’s operating system, making the drone impervious to signal jamming and spoofing devices.

Learning Outcomes 

  • Broaden knowledge of issues currently affecting the on-going Russia-Ukraine War.
  • Consider advances in drone technology and its applicability to Air Power and contemporary methods of combat.
  • Explore the use of tethered, fibre-optic drones—impervious to jamming and spoofing—now being used by Russian forces against Ukraine.

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