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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by gherkinnn on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @04:51AM (#43396990)
At the same time, fibre-optic drones have being successfully fielded by Russia and now increasingly by Ukraine. Immune to jamming with a minimum range of 10km.

There is no way these technologies won't be at least trialled for mil use, not when electronic warfare is employed to this degree.

https://thedefensepost.com/2025/01/08/ukraine-fiber-optic-dr...

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by looofooo0 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @04:59AM (#43397053)
There is also some very recent advances to laser communication, which explains the increased interest: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-023-01201-7
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