CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 5 months agoWhy doesn't any country do this?imagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageWhy doesn't any country do this?CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 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-up8·5 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-down1·5 months agoA soldier would just pull a new one out of a disposable sealed bag
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