Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine
Hezbollah has begun using fiber-optic drones in attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon and northern Israel, leveraging their resistance to electronic jamming due to physical cable control. These small, hard-to-detect drones contributed to the death of an Israeli soldier and injuries to at least a dozen others in recent strikes. The technology, similar to systems used in Ukraine, presents a growing challenge for Israeli air defenses designed primarily for larger aerial threats.
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LebanonHezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in UkraineDrones killed an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon and injured at least a dozen others in northern Israel on Thursday, two seriously.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00A Ukrainian-made fiber-optic drone in the Kyiv region of Ukraine last year. Hezbollah announced it has been using similar drones on Israeli soldiers operating in southern Lebanon or towns on the border.Efrem Lukatsky / AP fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 30, 2026, 6:55 PM EDTBy The Associated PressTEL AVIV, Israel — Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic…
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