Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of 'cutting-edge' weapons

“Birds in Ukraine are building nests from drone cable.” The headline itself tells a story, but the subsequent article in The Sunday Times missed the true magnitude of what the story represents.Almost from the beginning of the Ukraine war more than four years ago, the use of uncrewed drones has drawn significant attention. Observers were overwhelmed with articles declaring that “For Western Weapons, the Ukraine War Is a Beta Test,” or averring that “This drone-on-drone dogfight in Ukraine is a gl...