CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 8 months agoWhy doesn't any country do this?imagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months agoSo, you still need the special connectors, still a cable. I mean, if you wanted a smart kite sure, that is an overpriced solution.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoConnectors are not special, they are standard and cheap due to fiber optics used in telecoms in massive amounts.
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoNow I’m imagining a guy on top of a tank in battlefield conditions trying to do an emergency fuse repair on a fucked up pigtail while cleaning the glass with those fancy fiber wet wipes and ranting about how there’s too much dust.
minus-squareferretlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoA soldier would just pull a new one out of a disposable sealed bag
So, you still need the special connectors, still a cable. I mean, if you wanted a smart kite sure, that is an overpriced solution.
Connectors are not special, they are standard and cheap due to fiber optics used in telecoms in massive amounts.
Now I’m imagining a guy on top of a tank in battlefield conditions trying to do an emergency fuse repair on a fucked up pigtail while cleaning the glass with those fancy fiber wet wipes and ranting about how there’s too much dust.
A soldier would just pull a new one out of a disposable sealed bag