The military world is taking good note of the prominence that drones have acquired throughout these more than four years of . Good proof of this is that Hezbollah is emulating one of kyiv’s best-known tactics in their fight against Russia: the use of fiber optic drones (also known as FPV).
Despite the fact that a ceasefire came into force six weeks agothe reality is that the fighting in Lebanon between him and the Israeli army they have not stopped. However, since this supposed truce began, missile strikes have largely been replaced by fiber optic drone strikes.
In fact, This Wednesday an Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured in a drone attack which took place near the Israeli border town of Shomera. Since the ceasefire began, 11 Israeli soldiers and one civilian defense contractor have died as a result of Hezbollah offensives. Eight of those deaths occurred in FPV drone strikes.
As explained by the the great advantage of fiber optic drones (beyond their low price of between $300 and $400 per unit) is that They are much more difficult to detect than rockets and mortarssince they fly at low altitude. Furthermore, thanks to fiber optics, They do not have a radio signal that can be intercepted by the Israeli army.
“It was obvious that Hezbollah would adopt Ukraine’s methods”
According to the Alma Research Center (a group of Israeli experts that studies the armed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah), most FPV drone attacks have targeted Israeli forcesbut Hezbollah too is increasingly attacking Israeli communities located on the other side of the border.
“We knew this was going to happen because it was obvious that Hezbollah would adopt Ukraine’s methods and that, as we were successful in intercepting rockets and improved in intercepting UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), FPVs would be the next step,” said Sarit Zehavi, director of the Alma Research Center.
