The IDF is facing a 'primitive' threat in Lebanon - simple, cheap drones with fiber optics, which make them difficult to identify; SkyPro officials tell ynet they have developed a solution: 'a system that knows how to neutralize the fiber optic threat'Sharon Kidon|Updated: Related TopicsThe latest war with Iran and the northern front in Lebanon have brought rocket and missile threats back into Israeli life, but defense industries understand that, on the modern battlefield, explosive-laden FPV drones are becoming one of the most dangerous threats to military units and to civilians on the home front. Unlike missiles, which can be detected from afar, a drone can arrive and explode within 15 to 20 seconds — especially those operated by fiber optic cable, which makes them almost impossible to neutralize.Rotem Rogovsky, CEO of SkyPro, and Ido Buchwalter, the company’s product manager, spoke Monday morning in the ynet studio about the drone threat and the solution they are developing to counter it.So why is it so difficult to neutralize explosive drones?
Buchwalter: “The entire connection between the controller and the drone is through fiber optic cable and not frequencies — and that is what makes it hard to detect and neutralize.”1 View gallery A fiber-optic FPV drone (Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP)So the more primitive the drone is, the deadlier it becomes?
