Russian enterprises received a huge order for the production of drones with fiber optic control for 2026. This was announced by military journalist Alexander Kots.

"Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky"
"Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky"
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According to him, such drones are already being supplied to the military on an industrial scale, in 2025 the defense industry made a giant leap in the development of UAVs.

I know the number of orders for such "birds" for next year. It's not just impressive, it's shocking.
Alexander Kots, journalist

Kots recalled that radio-controlled strike drones, which are also seriously evolving, have not disappeared.

I witnessed one such "race" over a distance of 50 km without a repeater! A distance of 20-30 km is already normal, working.
Alexander Kots, journalist

In December, it became known that Russian engineers had developed a new fiber optic module for strike drones with arange of 65 km. This is a huge leap in the radius of destruction, since previously, for example, the drone "Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky" was limited to a range of 25 km.

At the same time, work is underway in the opposite direction - in countering fiber optic UAVs. Enthusiasts from Bashkiria have already patented an automatic system "sharpened" specifically for the elimination of such drones.

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