Wilshire to [email protected] • 16 days agoFiber optic hexacopter with 41 km range and anti-tank shape charge warhead.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•16 days agoI wonder how much 40km of fiber optic cable costs?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•16 days agoLess than a Javelin Missile. SM fiber is dirt cheap, they don’t need to wrap it in kevlar like you’d find in data centers ironically enough, it’s just a strand or two of thinly jacketed single mode fiber. Only has to survive the one flight, be light enough and long enough.
I wonder how much 40km of fiber optic cable costs?
Less than a Javelin Missile.
SM fiber is dirt cheap, they don’t need to wrap it in kevlar like you’d find in data centers ironically enough, it’s just a strand or two of thinly jacketed single mode fiber.
Only has to survive the one flight, be light enough and long enough.
Cheap fiber is about $0.40/m.